Our Western world has forgotten that God once spoke to people through dreams and visions. Yet through the years, I have listened to countless dreams and visions that have shed light on the paths of people, both ordinary and famous. Having just celebrated the birth of our Republic, I invite you to reflect on the vision George Washington received at…
Introduction Our view of God or God-image is shaped by the actual nature of our experience in the family, with our mom and our dad. Psychiatrist M. Scott Peck explains that it is not so much what they say, but rather what they do. “It is not what they tell us about God, but rather how they behave toward each…
After watching the hatred of the radical Left and its pundits for years, I now understand why people like Judge Kavanaugh, Karen Pence, and oh yes, Sarah Palin scare them: it’s the faith factor. They have real faith in a living God, a faith that consistently informs their responses to life’s choices and challenges. Looking back—the phenomenon that was Sarah…
Dear friends, I want to share something with you that has greatly helped me over the years. Not sure where I learned this, so I can’t give credit to the source. Growing up we learned to use certain behaviors and communication styles as coping mechanisms, as a way to avoid pain or responsibility. But there comes a time when we…
Many people ask, Who is the author of dreams? Until we can answer, we will be unable to trust our dreams or benefit from their wise counsel. Since we learn best through stories, let’s look at the dream of a prominent colonial era physician and ask: What was going on in his life? Where did the dream come from? What…
Anita Whitney (Arcadian Correspondent) recently wrote about a program helping young people to realize their dreams. Living life requires that we have dreams and visions—no matter how old we are. Remember the Dutch woman Corrie Ten Boom who helped Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust? In midlife she was arrested and sent to Ravensbrück. Her triumphant story told in Hiding Place…
Did you dream last night? I don’t really need to ask, because I know the answer. Dream researchers say we dream every night—often five or more times. But dreaming is not new! As evidenced by paintings on cave walls from the Neanderthal period and clay tablet journals dating back to 3000 B.C., dreams have been recognized as an important aspect…
Over 250 Faith Leaders across the nation are asking us to set aside next Sunday, June 2, as a special day of prayer for our President: “We the undersigned are calling for June 2 to be a special Day of Prayer for the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, that God would protect, strengthen, embolden, and direct him.…
Memorial Day is just around the corner. We Americans will make our annual pilgrimage to cemeteries, grave sites, and monuments, carrying brightly colored flowers, waving flags, and wearing red poppies. The roots of Memorial Day are in the Civil War. In 1864, women from Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, put flowers on the graves of their dead from the just-fought bloody Battle of…
This blessing is intended to enable you to make contact with your Heavenly Father who said that if our fathers or mothers forsake us, He would take us up and be a father and mother to us, and heal our broken hearts. Remember how St. Paul wrote to Timothy: “my true child in the faith” (1 Timothy 1:2). As ambassadors…