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When I was a high school sophomore, a day came when, abruptly, my dad was no longer employed. We didn’t see this coming. Despite a painstaking search and scores of resumes sent out, weeks of unemployment turned into months. A shared, quiet undercurrent of anxiety ran...
Veterans Day makes me think about my grandpa’s faded bald eagle tattoo on his shoulder and the crisp flag waving in his front yard. I picture the antique uniforms, helmets and sepia-toned photos of his father and his father’s father that decorate his house. I think...
Jesus used his disciples’ everyday circumstances as teaching points. Fishing, their familiar profession. Yeast in bread. Workers in a field. A vineyard. He spoke in terms they easily understood. About a year ago, he began to highlight things in my ordinary — speaking...
May he give you the desire of your heartand make all your plans succeed.May we shout for joy over your victory and lift up our banners in the name of our God.May the Lord grant all your requests.Psalm 20:4–5 Quick: What was the second-largest peacetime gathering...
by Kathy Holliday | 5-minute read This year’s Lenten season finds me with more discretionary time, which has been a bonus for my devotional life. Redeeming my lack of follow-through on last year’s good intentions, I’ve been using a 2020 devotional guide to focus...
by Mary Harker | 3-minute read Growing up, my church did not emphasize Lent. To me, Lent meant we had macaroni and cheese and fish sticks in the school cafeteria because the Catholic kids couldn’t eat meat, or that they (the Catholic kids) gave up eating candy from...
First Free Rockford is hosting Christmas Traditions from 4:00-8:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 11. Each activity is designed to help families create new holiday traditions and memories while weaving the Christmas story into it all. Don’t miss this great Christmas event!
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