“If Tom said it, you could bank on it.” Tom was my grandfather. “He was always the same, wherever he was, whoever he was with,” a neighboring farmer affirmed at Tom Haun’s funeral. He “got his life straightened out,” as he called it, after a mule fell on him one day...

I remember how the book felt in my hands: 600 pages heavy, yet it didn’t deter my curiosity and desire to dig in. The title captivated me: How Now Shall We Live. Page by page, the beloved and belated author, Chuck Colson, convinced me and filled in the questions of...

The pandemic our world is experiences is unraveling every area of normalcy in our lives. Our interactions with others have changed because of this new concept and mandate of social distancing. Major life events, such as graduations, weddings, birthday celebrations,...

“I’m struggling with comparison. It is eating me alive and all I can think about. Everywhere I turn I find my mind wandering to who I’m not, what I don’t look like, what I don’t have. Can you give me advice?” I receive texts like this all the time. Whether you’ve sent...

Over the past year, our world has experienced uncertainty and confusion as we’ve been forced to adjust to a “new normal” that is anything but normal. In these unprecedented times, fear has risen and anxiety has soared in much of the population. We felt it beneficial...

When talking about racism and social injustice, parents must understand it is a complex and multilayered conversation with two broad categories: Citizen vs. Citizen—Systematic & Systemic Oppression, Institutional Racism, Social and Economic Injustice, Prejudice...

Hey, good morning (or whatever time it is in your corner of the world.) Maybe you are not like me. Since I was a child I have been very familiar with “time out.” Actually, that is not quite accurate because when I was a child, my parents did not know that phrase...

This month, families and friends across the United States will gather to share a meal, to enjoy one another’s presence, and to celebrate and give thanks for the blessings we corporately and individually share. Community, the gathering together of people, will be at...

A message from one of our D6 Conference sponsors EVA BOSSENBERGER IS USING HER TALENTS TO BRING GLORY TO GOD THROUGH OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD. EVA CELEBRATED HER 101ST BIRTHDAY ON SATURDAY, OCT. 28. Most mornings 100-year-old Eva wakes up between 3-4 and heads for...

If you’re like most people alive today, Christmas is a scheduling nightmare with parties, pageants, purchasing of presents, and preparing pastries. You know that Christmas should be a time of prayer, peace, and the presence of God but every year seems to become more...

We often think of generosity in terms of financial giving, which makes it difficult for children to participate and experience the blessing of meeting others’ needs. What if we broaden our definition of what it looks like to be generous? Instead of only looking at...

By CHM member Tim Marshall Pasadena, Texas We served as pastors in Indiana for nearly 10 years. Then, eight years ago, we felt the Lord calling us to make a change in our ministry. That’s when we decided to pursue evangelism full-time. We hadn’t had a health care plan...