Sheryl Hofmeister

That verse is short. Simple. Easy to memorize. It reminds us of something we forget all the time; love doesn’t start with us.  Not our effort.  Not our kindness.  Not our ability to do better next time.  Love...

Today in staff devotions, someone shared a personal testimony of how faithful God had been in providing for their family. They shared how God’s faithfulness had been experienced so often, that they had just come...

Last Sunday, Pastor Guy wrote a sermon entitled “Godʻs Messengers”. In his sermon, he spoke of the First Commandment “Have no other Godʻs before me”.   Pastor Guy focused on an event that took place...

“ . . . they recognized that they had been with Jesus.” Acts 4:13 I’ve been thinking about it all week long.  It all began when I read the account of Peter and John...

I have a tendency to live in the future. As we begin this new year, I have pondered, somewhat anxiously, about what will happen in this next year. And what will happen in the...

This morning, I pushed down the lever on the toaster and the little plastic handle went flying. Upon closer inspection I realized that half of the plastic carriage receiving the metal lever had snapped...

I love Thanksgiving. The smell in the house is amazing with all of the baking and roasting going on in the kitchen. We always invite all of the family, many of which I like....

Elizabeth Elliot once said, “God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don’t have now, we don’t need now.” As I look back at my life I remember the many times and...

Today I went to Chinese food for lunch. It’s a strange move for me, because I have an aversion to Chinese food.  It all stems from a childhood family struggle.  Occasionally my dad would...

__shared by Dawn Lubker, Director of Ministries In my search to find information and comforting thoughts for both me and my mother, who has dementia, I ran across this devotion. (the internet can be...