By Dewey Bland, chaplain at the Federal Correctional Institution, Three Rivers, Texas “If you’re a young man and you’re not being admired by an older man, you’re being hurt,” Robert Moore, Iron John: A Book about Men Joshua had Moses (Exodus 32-33) and Elisha had Elijah (1 Kings 19:16, 19-21). I am so thankful for … Continue reading
By Danielle Glaze “There are two books through which God is speaking: the book of holy scriptures and the big book of the universe.” John Scotus Eriugena Lil Red BirdCardinal by another name I call you Messenger of God Your bright red body whether it Be against the gray and brown of Winter. Or the … Continue reading
By Christine, CBF field personnel, Africa/Middle East “Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the endwithout delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet it is the law … Continue reading
By Michon McCorkle “The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense.” Proverbs 27:9 In January 2020, my husband accepted a new role within his company that moved us from our beloved Charlotte, N.C., to Carmel, Ind. The move from our home, family and familiarity was difficult, but my husband thrived … Continue reading
By Chris Towles “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart… Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything.Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant … Continue reading
By CBF field personnel Jenny Jenkins “When God gives you a vision and darkness follows, wait. God will bring the vision He has given you to reality in your life if you will wait on His timing.” — Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest Waiting is not something easy in today’s world of “instant,” … Continue reading
By CBF field personnel Kim and Marc Wyatt The Introduction to the New Testament of The Message, states its “contemporary idiom keeps the language of the Message (Bible) current and fresh and understandable.” Eugene Peterson notes that during the project, he realized this was exactly what he had been doing in his 35 years as … Continue reading
By Janee Angel, CBF field personnel I grew up in Teutopolis, Illinois, current population of 1,644. The German/Dutch town is so small that it is still considered a village. Its only church, St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church, sits on the highest piece of land. As a child there, I attended the elementary school … Continue reading
By Karen “Then Boaz said to Ruth, ‘Now listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but keep close to my young women. Keep your eyes on the field that is being reaped and follow behind them. I have ordered the young men not to bother you. If … Continue reading
By Renee Owen, CBF Director of chaplaincy and pastoral counseling Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty againand again. Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst—not ever. The water I give will be an artesian spring within, gushingfountains of endless life,” John 4:13-14 (The Message) My first full-time ministry … Continue reading