by Vic Smith | Nov 26, 2022 | General
The holidays can be the best of times or the worst of times. When things are going well—the bills are paid, the job’s secure, the kids are healthy, our teams are winning—then we cannot wait for the holidays. But when things are not well—when someone we love is...
by Vic Smith | Aug 30, 2022 | General
Few people have not heard the tragic story of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. As the great ship steamed across the icy north Atlantic on the night of April 15, 1912 the lookout radioed the message to the control room of an iceberg dead ahead. A most logical yet...
by Vic Smith | Jul 29, 2022 | Faith, General
The main entrance to our home is a pair of glass French doors. In the spring the sun comes up directly in front of those doors filling our home with sunlight. From the outside is the reflection of the blue sky and a hillside of trees. This time of year we are awakened...
by Vic Smith | Jun 29, 2022 | Faith, General, Hope
King Hezekiah was a godly king who reigned over Judah for 29 years. His story is told in 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, and Isaiah, and by all accounts he did everything well. Among the first things he did as king was eliminate the pagan practices that had drifted into Judah...
by Vic Smith | May 28, 2022 | Faith, General, Hope
Why is life so confusing? If God really does love me, and if He really does have a plan for my life, to prosper and not harm me, then why doesn’t He just tell me what to do? Why do so many good people wind up shipwrecked when they seemed to do everything right?...
by Vic Smith | Apr 28, 2022 | Crisis, Faith, General, Hope, Issues, love, Self-Help
Can anyone truly say that our lives have been improved by the inventions and technologies that promised to do so? It seems that those things that were intended to simplify our lives and give us more discretionary time have actually done the opposite. Anxiety and...
