by Terry_Powell | Aug 15, 2019 | Depression and Faith
When you see or hear the words “holy place,” what pops into your mind? The “Holy of Holies” in the Old Testament tabernacle? The proposed spot in Jerusalem where Jesus died on the cross? The wailing wall by the Temple mount, with hundreds of...
by Terry_Powell | Aug 4, 2019 | Depression and Faith |
Five minutes. That’s all it took for her to change my life. It was what she did and said to start her first-period English class, early in the Fall of my senior year of high school. Before I explain, I need to set the stage for that life-altering incident, which...
by Terry_Powell | Jul 28, 2019 | Depression and Faith |
What did one of us say, or what happened, that caused anger to boil over between us? Why did we spit verbal venom on one another that day? Why did the argument degenerate into a fist fight? Honestly, I can’t remember why. Scene 1 Spring 1968 Dennis, my...
by Terry_Powell | Jul 19, 2019 | Depression and Faith
Scene 1 6-7 Years Ago It happened out of the blue, as I strolled through the den. An unseen force suddenly penetrated my chest cavity, got a vise-grip on my heart, and squeezed forcibly until tears began flooding down my cheeks. No, it wasn’t a heart...
by Terry_Powell | Jul 10, 2019 | Depression and Faith
A man and his ever-nagging wife took a vacation to Jerusalem. While they were there, the wife died. The undertaker told the husband, “You can have her buried here in the Holy Land for only $150, or we can ship her body back to the States for $5,000.” The...
by Terry_Powell | Jul 3, 2019 | Depression and Faith |
It is important to know what God’s Word does not teach, as well as what it does teach. The late pastor Ron Dunn quipped, “Many people believe the Bible because they do not know what it says.” He referred to misconceptions some folks have about what it does and...
