Pastor’s Corner:

The following is an excerpt from Stephen’s newest book, Always Longing: Discovering the Joy of Heaven, published with permission of the author and GCD Books. Last week we looked at the real loss a Christian faces in death.

Bloom

We spent last Saturday gathering, peeling, and cutting up apples from a tree in the yard. This is my favorite fall activity. When we lived in Tennessee, we made an hour’s trip out to Oren Wooden’s Apple House, according to the day the café served squash casserole.

Pastor’s Corner:

The following is an excerpt from Stephen’s newest book, Always Longing: Discovering the Joy of Heaven, published with permission of the author and GCD Books. The Place If Jesus is the person we need, then why does Heaven, a place, matter?

Bloom

The last several times that I have handed food to our Food Inspector—I mean 2-year-old, she has all but pitched a fit and thrown it down. Well, she did do that. Delectable watermelon. Deli delight. Decadent brownie. Detested and disagreeable. What in the world was wrong with her?

...Yesteryears

75 Years Sept 16, 1948 Vol. 63. No. 47 Bryant Holmes, Publisher Bess Holmes, Asst Pub/Ed 44 Entered In Farm Bureau Baby Contest At The Fair— The Baby Show results were given Tuesday evening at the fairgrounds. Sherry Sanborn and Ronnie Ross were winners in the one month to 1-year-old division.

Pastor’s Corner:

The following is an excerpt from Stephen’s newest book, Always Longing: Discovering the Joy of Heaven, published with permission of the author and GCD Books. Does Heaven Matter? Psyche turned to her older sister and shockingly confessed that she had never been satisfied with her life.

Bloom

We went to Denver Wednesday night to watch the Colorado Rockies take on the Atlanta Braves. My husband donned a Braves hat, which he got swindled out of by one of our daughters, who had no true devotion to the team, besides the hat matching her outfit.

Pastor’s Corner:

Have you heard of the Crater of Diamonds State Park, forty miles north of Hope, Arkansas, where over 75,000 diamonds have been unearthed at this location since 1905? Since the park’s opening in 1972, over 19,000 diamonds have been found, averaging 600 diamonds a year.

Struggle

I don’t know how vehicles get so cluttered. Well, let me rephrase that. I don’t know why we l et our vehicles get so cluttered. This morning, we brought some things in and had three filled containers.

...Yesteryears

100 Years Aug 23,1923 Vol. 39, No. 41 Lee Oldham, Owner Harry Coyne, Publisher THE KANSAS WAY— Not very long ago, Leoti, Kansas, got front page space in the newspapers. For out of the storm clouds a wind leaped forth, struck the little city and left behind it a path of ruin and desolation.