Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! OPINION Fewer couples are marrying in churches. Does it matter? As summer begins, another wedding season is upon us. The air is warm, the earth is lush and everything is as pretty as a June bride. But […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! SPIRITUALITY Guidance An article written by Susan McCaslin, Wood Lake’s author of Arousing the Spirit ….The etymology of the word “guide,” both noun and verb, is the late 14th c. Old French guidar “to guide, lead, conduct,” […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! Tis The Season for Strawberries literally. Check out Dorothy’s Henderson’s Wood Lake release! RELIGION ‘Jesus never charged a leper a co-pay’: the rise of the religious left “There is no religious left and religious right,” Barber, a […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! RELIGION The ‘Splainer: The ‘gifts’ of Pentecost and Shavuot This weekend marks the observance of Pentecost and Shavuot, holy days to Christians and Jews respectively. And both involve certain “gifts” that don’t come with wrapping and bows. […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! LIFE 4 Lessons Jesus Taught Me About Finding Balance Living in a balanced way can be daunting in our age of over scheduling and I-can-have-it-all thinking. Fortunately, while searching for guidance, I realized that when it comes […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! RELIGION ‘America’s Pastor’ Billy Graham Dies At 99 Billy Graham, the most famous minister of his era, died Wednesday at his home in Montreat, N.C., spokesman Todd Shearer tells NPR. In his 99 years, Graham changed the […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! LIFE Out with the new… In Wood Lake’s author, Lee Simpson’s book, My Year of Buying Nothing, Simpson invites readers into her world to witness first hand the struggles she faced, the decisions and compromises she had […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! LIFE Benjamin Franklin built his character around 13 virtues — and following his weekly plan could change your life For a large portion of Franklin’s life, he carried around a card in his pocket that depicted a […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! Merry Christmas to all! SPIRITUALITY A Walk to Remember Through Bethlehem Advent is a wonderful time of preparation and anticipation for us, but sometimes, I wonder. How did Jesus feel about becoming human and entering our world? […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! CHRISTMAS The Real Saint Nicholas December 6 marks Saint Nicholas Day, and I thought I’d mark the beginning of the Christmas season by telling the story of Santa Claus’s namesake. But before I do, I should remark […]