Being thankful isn’t just for the Thanksgiving holiday. Scripture tells us to be “thankful in everything, in all circumstances” (I Thessalonians 5:18). A little song we sang back in the 70’s that Evie Tornquist made popular was “Be Thankful For the Good Things That You’ve Got”. “Oh be thankful for the good things that you’ve got Oh...
Lives on both sides of my family have been influenced a lot by the railroad. Specifically, Santa Fe Railroad. Three uncles worked and retired from Santa Fe. My Mom was a Harvey Girl and the Harvey Houses were strategically located along the line. Rail passenger service is not nearly as popular as it once was. Better highways,...
TITLE: Leave No Room by Chris Parker SCENE: A crisp, clear, fall evening in the southwestern town of Farmington, NM. (Pan down and left from a starlit sky over the city’s mall to the Burger King across the street. A dark four-door vehicle pulls away from the drive through window, stopping at the street’s intersection.)...
How do we say, “thank you”? It’s November now and soon our Facebook feeds will be filled with ye ol’ Thankful Challenge. A challenge where every day this month, we are supposed to tell the world what we are thankful for. Some can be a bit superficial like, “I am thankful for this pumpkin spice...
Today I had a disappointment. No biggie. All of us have them to one degree or another. Some are small annoyances, while others are life changing. So, as I was sitting here at my desk I was a bit annoyed, I admit. But, then I ‘happened’ to read Romans 8:28- “And we know that in...
So, yesterday, I got to do a thing… RiverStone Church was invited to have a booth/table at San Juan College’s annual Four Corners Conference for Professional Development. Having never attended the event, I was flying semi-blind, but confident in our ability. We would be sharing information about two of our outreach ministries with hundreds of...
See You At The Pole will be happening at schools globally on Wednesday, September 26th. This is a day when students gather attheir school’s flagpole at 7 am to pray for their school! For over 25 years,SYATP has been about one simple act—prayer. SYATP is still about STUDENTSuniting themselves in prayer before God interceding for...
Do you have grass on your path? Psalms 62:8 “Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah” Early African believers were earnest and regular in private devotions. Each one reportedly had a separate spot in the thicket where he would pour out...
Maybe it is the years and years of school, from kindergarten to graduation, that the fall has been seen as a new start. It’s the start of a new school year, new sports season, new friends, new teachers, and a new season of life with each year. So I can’t help but see this coming...
Back in the day summer time was the time when one could see tents set up with big signs that read: “REVIVAL” and another sign that would give the times and the dates. There you would find an evangelist that would preach for the week, or whatever length of time, and people would come to...
