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Walking with Others Through the Valley (Kim Findlay Story)
Content Warning: This post contains a story of loss and tragedy that may bother some. Fifteen years ago, I sat on a waiting room couch, frozen in fear as the doctor delivered devastating news. “The little girl’s daddy, he’ll be okay. The recovery will be long, but he’ll survive.” Time held its breath as my reality began to shift. “But the little girl? She’s not going to survive.” A few hours earlier, firefighters battled a blaze that engulfed our home,…
Gospel-Centered Advent Reading Week 2: The Peace Candle
In the beginning we had peace with God and each other. When we chose our way instead of God’s way we traded our peace for conflict and war. Humankind ruled with an iron fist and so God wiped all people but Noah and his family off the face of the earth with a flood. As the waters dried Noah sent a dove from the ark to search for dry land. It returned with a freshly plucked olive leaf. The dove…
Shirley Burchfield: One Thing Missing, Peace
My name is Shirley Burchfield. Currently, I live in Tyngsboro with my husband, Bruce. Growing up, I was the third child in a family of four of a good Baptist mother and a non-practicing Catholic father. As long as I can remember we attended the Baptist church and Sunday School. When I became a middle schooler, I was thrilled to be able to attend youth group with my older brother and sister. I grew up learning all the stories. I…
Jeremiah 29:4-7 Study Guide
Have you ever gone somewhere you didn’t want to go? How did you feel? How did you act? What’s the background of our passage in Jeremiah 29:1-3? Who is Jeremiah? To whom is he writing? The nation of Israel is receiving two conflicting messages. In Jeremiah 28:1-4, what’s the message? In Jeremiah 29:4-9, what’s the message? How does God want the Israelites to respond to their situation? Why is it difficult? Why is it good? The sermon’s big idea was…