Two thousand Christmas cards. This holiday season, Beth Michael, director of Christian Pen Pals Ministry, and her army of 100 volunteers are mailing handwritten Christmas greetings to more than 2,000 prison inmates. Inmates who are waiting for someone like you to write to them. “Christmas is a lonely time. Even if an inmate has family,... Continue Reading →
Jeff is a murderer. He is also my friend. I met Jeff over a year ago through a ministry called Christian Pen Pals. Since then, through many letters, I have heard Jeff's testimony of how he came to Christ in prison, and how he lives every day to serve his Savior. Over the past years,... Continue Reading →
"...Consider our Savior in His humanity looking down from heaven on all mankind, but especially on Christians, who are His children; and more particularly on such as are at prayer, whose actions and behavior He minutely observes." ¹ In this four-part series, we are examining Francis de Sales' recommendations for how to be aware of God... Continue Reading →
I love how God's creativity is displayed in nature, especially through all of the beautiful plants he created. This is my newest experiment: attempting to root a ZZ plant from a leaf. Apparently, it takes a long time. A very long time. I started this leaf and another almost three months ago, and there's no... Continue Reading →
"...There is not a place in the world in which He is not truly present; so that as birds, wherever they fly, always meet with the air, so we, wherever we go or wherever we are, always find God present." ¹ In my previous posts on Francis de Sales, we looked at four ways to find... Continue Reading →
"...humble yourself in the presence of God, acknowledging that of yourself you are incapable of executing your resolutions, either to avoid evil or to do good..."¹ In my previous posts on de Sales' "Finding God in the Morning," we examined his first three steps: Adore God before all else. Be intentional, because eternity is at... Continue Reading →
Amy K. Rognlie 