Our Stories Unleashed

Morning Star

The last few weeks, I have been out walking in the early morning. The night sky has offered a spectacular display of God’s handiwork. The presence of Venus, the brightest planet of all, just before daybreak earns it the name “morning star”. Because it is a planet, rather than an actual star, it glows with a steady light that ancient skywatchers tracked. Venus was also referred to as “The Shepherd’s Star” because it can be found in both the eastern and the...

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Peace

Here is a peek inside a conversation in my car at school pick up on Thursday afternoon:  ME: Hey, Sawyer, how was your day? Sawyer: It was great. ME: You ok?Sawyer: I am fine, just fine. Maybe. I guess. I don’t know.   The truth is that two hours earlier, Sawyer found out that her choir teacher was offered a full ride scholarship to work on a PhD in conducting at Texas Tech.Sounds great, right? While that is great for the choir teacher, many of the...

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Emmanuel

“God with us.” A promise of his presence. A promise that we are never truly alone. The mighty one who was present at the creation of the world is also present on our best, our worst, and our most mundane days.  In Matthew 1:22-23, an angel provides hope that, “... all of this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel...

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