by afladmin | Jun 18, 2025
By: The Rev. Joanne Mumley I have dreamt of having a wildflower garden. Yesterday, I purchased a box wild flower seeds. This morning, I grabbed a hoe and a rake to plow the small plot of ground next to my porch. It is northeast Florida ground, filled with little...
by afladmin | Jun 18, 2025
By: The Rev. Joanne Mumley I found him sitting on the floor, leaning his back against the wall of the OBGYN hallway. With knees folded into his chest, he buried his face into his arms, exposing only the Colors that he wore to symbolize his gang. He was a young father,...
by afladmin | Jun 18, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn One of the matters with which we are rightly concerned is the matter of calling. What am I called to do? How can I best use the gifts and talents God has given me and to what purpose? The calling of the disciples is highly...
by afladmin | Jun 18, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn I serve with a crisis pregnancy center and over the course of years have learned much about why women choose abortion. One refuses to tell her family, afraid of her parents’ reaction. Another fears she will lose her boyfriend if she...
by afladmin | Jun 18, 2025
By: The Rev. Dr. W. Ross Blackburn Several years ago I asked my friend Frank if I could use some of the wood in his barn to build a table for our church. Although he wanted the wood for some future undetermined project, he hadn’t done anything with it yet, and so said...
