Category: general discussions

When I watch this, it resonates with my thoughts regarding the church. What do you think?

As you can tell, we have a special place in our heart for Haiti. Here is an update from Dorothy Pearce who runs Faith, Hope, Love Infant Rescue In Port au Prince. We visited there when we went to Haiti, and have been praying for this work for the last few years. Here is Dorothy’s…

An update from Mary DeKoter: Dear family and friends, (For some of you some of this information may be ‘old’ but I am unable to send each one a new update separately.) Praise the Lord, I was able to talk with Tony last evening for a few minutes before the phone line went dead. Tony called…

The following is an email from Mary DeKoter. They are not presently together, Mary was in the US when the earthquake struck. Mary shares some news from Tony and the school! I finally had an email from someone at the school that had a message from Tony. Phones are not always working at the moment….

As you know, Tony and Mary DeKoter live and work in Haiti with Quisqueya Christian School (QCS) in Port au Prince. We have word that Tony is ok, Mary is in the States right now. The following comments were made by Els Vervloet who works at QCS. Please keep all of Haiti in your prayers….

Here is a drawing of Solomon’s temple. I find it helpful to see an artist rendering as I read the description of it’s construction [1 Kings 6].

I am feeling sick. Its all in my head, really. A persistent headache since I woke up this morning. I’ve slept most of the day. So much for my new year’s resolution to enjoy each day to the fullest. How does one enjoy a headache? How does a Jesus-follower experience a headache differently? Is it…

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not…

A great quote by G.K.Chesterton: You say grace before meals. All right, but I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and the pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen…