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Don’t let sensationalism mess with your thinking

September 27, 2024September 24, 2024 / Matthew Ruttan / Leave a comment

We live in a sensationalistic time.  Stories that are sensational make the news. People who do sensational things get noticed. To a degree, that makes sense. I get it.  But we can’t lose sight of the fact that so many of the important and faithful things we do in life are not going to impress … Continue reading Don’t let sensationalism mess with your thinking

Sacrifice that doesn’t make the news

April 17, 2023April 14, 2023 / Matthew Ruttan / Leave a comment

When Fred Craddock was young he remembered listening to preachers and teachers talk about what it meant to be a Christian. He heard stories about Mother Teresa working with the poor in the slums of Calcutta. He heard about Albert Schweitzer as a medical missionary. He heard about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. … Continue reading Sacrifice that doesn’t make the news

The Queen’s words

September 9, 2022September 8, 2022 / Matthew Ruttan / Leave a comment

Yesterday Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passed away.  She served on the throne for more than seventy years. In your daily prayers, I invite you to join in with many others as we pray God’s peace upon her family, and for her eldest son Charles as he takes the throne as the new King. I … Continue reading The Queen’s words

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