Urging poetry lovers toward a deeper relationship with God is Laurita McKerchers’s gift. In her new devotional book, “A Tugging of the Heartstrings,” Mrs. McKercher’s original poems lend additional illumination to well-known Bible passages. Poetic verse is matched with biblical verse and the result is renewed intimacy with God.
On January 4, 1910, R.M. Evans and his wife became the first Church of God foreign missionaries as they arrived in the Bahamas with native Bahamians, Edmond and Rebecca Barr.
KENYA — It was feeding time, and we woke up the little girls, named Naomi and Ruth, and were allowed to feed Ruth while Mary fed Naomi. The babies are very small, about four pounds, but their skin is very loose on their arms and legs.
Parents often worry their teen will learn about their own past mistakes. Perhaps they think their teen will repeat some of those same mistakes if they are revealed. But I say just the opposite is true.
