* Treasure Chest Ministries note: The following post is by a guest writer, pastor and long time friend. Our purpose in posting it is to help relieve fear which this pandemic has brought with huge force. We are attempting to […]
What do you think of when you read the title?· Have you lost family or friends this year? As I read obituaries, I see a common phrase… “there will be no services.” Traditional funerals have changed …
Moving back to the rural Midwest, after living on the west coast for a couple of decades, I have found that my taste buds are out of place here. In southern Minnesota the food du …
Maybe nothing is more important than that we keep track, you and I, of these stories of who we are and where we have come from and the people we have met along the way …
“Listen, dear friends to God’s truth,…Stories we heard from our fathers, counsel we learned at our Mother’s knee. We’re not keeping this to ourselves, we’re passing it along to the next generation - … the marvelous things he …
Empty. Afraid. Worried. Lonely. Distraught. Despair. Uncertain. Unable to control. The things that used to provide some certainty, stability and footing underneath are no longer sure. Life as we knew it has been shaken. It’s probably …
For more than a week now I’ve been focusing on Psalm 143. It started with my mind full of thoughts, way too many thoughts. I’m sure someone can relate to that. My mind is just …
I remember going forward for prayer at the altar at church one Sunday. I was in my late 20s. This particular morning came on the heels of several months of devastating life circumstances. Not only …
I’m sure we’re all familiar with Mr. Newton’s laws of motion. His First Law states that a body at rest will remain at rest unless an outside force acts on it, and a body in …
Brother Lawrence, who served in a Carmelite monastery in the 1600s, said, “How happy we would be if we could find the treasure of which the gospel speaks; all else would be as nothing. As …
I’m Jody. I’m crazy about my man, #1 fan of my kids and completely smitten with our grandkids. I love God, music, theatre, game playing, being outdoors, reading and trying new foods.
