Musings

We think of the prodigal son from Christ’s famous story in Luke 15 as someone who selfishly took his share of his father’s inheritance before the man was even dead. Then he took that wealth and wasted it on drunken parties and prostitutes. How could we compare Jesus to...

By Pastor David Holland On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the...

By Randy Locklier, President, Gulf Financial Previously, we talked of living life in the present space of the day in front of us. Today, dear readers, we delve into a way to supercharge your life by living in a spiritual fashion. How can we have conscious contact with our Higher...

By Sean Dietrich Recently, it came to my attention that I was one of the remaining four Americans who had not seen “Barbie.” In case you’re one of the other three, “Barbie” is a wildly popular movie that is making waves in all the headlines. The New York Times recently said...

By Pastor David Holland Imagine a God who moves the moon that guides the ocean waves to break on our shores. Imagine a God who flicked a match igniting the Sun into a blazing ball of fire, heating a solar system, producing a planet as an incubator for humanity. Imagine...

By Pastor David Holland The world broils with conflict. Can you imagine living in Israel with rockets lobbed into your neighborhood at random times? Or, in Gaza, where the country is being reduced to rock and rubble? Or in Ukraine, where soldiers rot entrenched in freezing foxholes. They fight a...

By Sean Dietrich You probably didn’t hear about it. But yesterday, God visited earth. Contrary to what you’ve heard, God is a big fan of people. He’s a huge fan. In fact, that’s why he came. His visit was an under-the-radar thing. It was non-publicized. God wasn’t in it for press. First, he...

By Sean Dietrich A small town. The kind of American hamlet that causes you to start looking around for the Norman Rockwell signature. Hanging begonias. Storefronts with colorful awnings. A cute downtown. There was a loud party happening on Main Street. I followed the sound of distant music and many voices. I...

By Pastor David Holland “Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. So he...