January 2, 2023 Stephanie Nanton Life, Love, & Light If you want to reach others, learn from the One who knows how to do it right. He is Life, Love, & Light. Jesus is the ultimate example of how we should live our lives here on this earth. He teaches and leads by example. Jesus was […]
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Vision For The New Year
December 29, 2022 Melissa Valerio How’s your vision? Has it become better or worse in the last several years? Isn’t it funny (not funny) how the older we get, the worse our vision gets? Well, here’s an interesting thought. Vision isn’t just the ability to see physical things. Vision is also the ability to […]
Happy Birthday, Lord!
December 25, 2022 Melissa Valerio Merry Christmas, dear family! My prayer is for you and your family to be filled with love, joy, peace, and especially the Holy Spirit as you celebrate Jesus’ birthday today. I love you all! Happy Birthday, Lord Jesus!! Thank You, Heavenly Father, for sending Your Son to us, […]
Piece Of The Pie
December 22, 2022 Melissa Valerio My daughter, Holly, has autism. Life with an autistic child is challenging, to say the least. She learns differently than most children, including her two brothers around the same age. With Holly, I need to approach things in a way that’s more appropriate for her so she can grasp […]
The Christmas Valley
December 19, 2022 Melissa Valerio Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy and cheer, right? All the houses decorated with twinkling Christmas lights, the stores buried in Christmas decorations, commercials and ads dangling Christmas sales in front of you, the fresh scent of merriment in the air. But what if this year isn’t a […]
Does It Take Faith?
December 15, 2022 Stephanie Nanton Does it take FAITH? Does it take FAITH to believe in the Universe? Does it take FAITH to believe in Jesus’ birth? Does it take FAITH to believe in Mohammed? Does it take FAITH to believe in Satan? Does it take FAITH believe in Buddah? Does it take FAITH […]
Christ Best
December 12, 2022 Melissa Valerio When I was young, I spent a couple of years living with my grandparents in the small town of Tekoa, Washington. Oh, what fond memories I have. Grandma’s delicious cinnamon jumble cookies, Grandpa smelling like the combine when he came home from the wheat farm, picking up pinecones from […]
A Sticky Situation
December 8, 2022 Melissa Valerio On January 15, 1919, a tank holding 2.3 gallons of molasses ruptured and spilled molasses into the city streets of Boston, Massachusetts. Traveling at 35mph, the wave of molasses leveled buildings to the ground, sent vehicles flying into the air, suffocated 21 people, and injured 150 more. The company […]
Re-gift This Year!
December 5, 2022 Melissa Valerio Have you ever re-gifted a gift? C’mon, you know you have. And chances are, you’ve been given a re-gifted gift at some point too! I’ve done this several times. Why not? It makes sense, especially if you don’t think you’ll ever use the gift. The Bible shows us a […]
Righteousness, Peace, and Joy
December 1, 2022 Stephanie Nanton Righteousness, Peace, and Joy – that’s the Kingdom of God Can you imagine…. living in a world, a kingdom where there is nothing but Righteousness, Peace, and Joy residing? Wow, what a different world that would be. This kind of world is absolutely possible, as well as offered to us […]