by mcl | Nov 3, 2013 | Columns, Inspiration, Living My Call
By TRICIA RAYMOND On October 6, 2013, 24-year-old Cpl. Josh Hargis, a member of the 3rd Army Ranger Battalion, was with his unit searching for a “high value target” at a home in the Panjwai district of Afghanistan. Thirty-six Rangers and a canine unit were dispatched...
by mcl | Oct 2, 2013 | Columns, Inspiration, Living My Call
By NANCY FLOWERS “The biggest loss in my addiction was God.” Denise Marston once trusted in alcohol for comfort. An independent woman, born and raised in Ireland by a strong family, her freedom from addiction came only through hard work and a constant dependence on...
by mcl | Jul 1, 2013 | Columns, Inspiration, Living My Call
By Stephen Shelt As a young boy, I remember wanting to be like the apostle Paul. Not because of my great devotion, but because Paul weathered shipwrecks, beatings, snakebites, and countless escapes from death at the hands of his many detractors, all while traveling...
by mcl | Jun 1, 2013 | Columns, Inspiration, Living My Call
By MARILYN TINNIN Statistics on the failure rate for startup businesses should cause any ambitious entrepreneur to think long and hard before investing his heart, soul, and resources into a new venture. Success is always about much more than a good idea as Mike Davis,...
by mcl | Apr 9, 2013 | Columns, Inspiration, Living My Call
By MARILYN TINNIN Elizabeth Perkins has come full circle. Urban ministry is in her genes, and she is returning this summer to a place it pretty much began for her as a little girl – Voice of Calvary, a ministry her father founded, a ministry that nurtured her, a...
by mcl | Feb 4, 2013 | Columns, Inspiration, Living My Call
By Peggy Wall and Barbara Hamilton Society has done a good job of convincing us that the aging process gives only bumps and bruises, illness and injury, wrinkles and worry, but I have discovered it affords us a marvelous gift called “grandparenting.” It’s all about...
