Thailand, Coffee and Catalyst by Bryan and Sabra Boyd Matthew 22:37:   Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”    There are some things that just transcend the many differences that separate us in this world:  COFFEE is one of those things.     Our language, ethnicity, culture, geography, and religion all seem to conspire to move us into our own little compartments of... Read More

A School with a Church   by Ellen Gregory Matthew 11:25:  At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.    From a different perspective . . . driving Second Friends Preschoolers back from Science City last spring, I heard a little voice behind me say "Is this a church bus?” The teacher replied "Yes, it is.” Then I heard, "Oh,... Read More

  The Habit of Tithing by Greg Duncan      Mark 12:17:  Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.” And they were amazed at him.     When I first started mowing lawns and walking home with crisp bills in my hands, my parents unabashedly explained the tithing concept to me – and promptly made change for my earnings so that I would have the right amount of dollar bills to put in the... Read More