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Jacob Take the Wheel
By  Jackie J. Copper
A few years ago Carrie Underwood had a hit with the song “Jesus Take the Wheel.” The lyrics concerned people who were at a crossroads in their lives and just felt out of control. They surrendered to a higher power and found a sense of peace.
Recently I heard a [...]

 
“Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from it.”  Proverbs 22:6.  This verse is a reminder of the commission the Lord gives parents to train children.  As a mother of four children, three of whom are boys, I have found etiquette to be [...]

 
            Years ago, I read the story Caleb’s Colt and I found it to be a wonderful Easter story.  As an elementary teacher, I read a number of children’s books.  I always remembered the title, but I couldn’t remember the author.  Several years ago, I took the time to research the title and discovered that [...]

Our church is conducting a city-wide blitz to invite everyone in our community to church for our Easter services. Our minister has a passion for lost souls. He wants everyone in our area to hear the gospel so that through faith in Jesus Christ, we will spend our eternity in heaven. His sermon Sunday discussed [...]

Patrick was born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387. In his sixteenth year, Patrick was carried off into captivity by Irish marauders where for six years he tended his master’s flocks. He relates in his “Confessio” that during his captivity while tending the flocks he prayed many times in [...]

“Everybody get up! We’ve overslept!!” Our family looked like the family on the movie Home Alone where everyone overslept before a family trip. In our case, we had alarm clock issues before going to school. We made it to school in record time (without being late), largely because of some techniques [...]

“What’s up?” often appears on my cell phone screen. Two words that have become cherished as a communication link in our family. My oldest sons have been deemed “old enough” to have a cell phone. They actually taught me to text several months ago and I love it. I find that [...]