Persecution: A Complex Issue
This is the final issue of Light + Life Magazine’s Beatitudes series, and it may also be the most complicated issue in the series. In each monthly issue, several writers have provided their...
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A Mormon and a Jew walk into a bar … OK, more like a department store. I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, into the family of a Jewish immigrant and a generational Mormon. At an early age, I was not...
View ArticleA Revival Journal of Pure Bible Truth
B.T. Roberts didn’t just launch the Free Methodist denomination in 1860 with the help of other likeminded folks who because unwelcome in the Methodist Episcopal Church (forerunner of today’s United...
View ArticleFruitcakes, Politics and Peace
I’m a fan of most holiday snacks, but, unlike my father, I’ve never been much of a fruitcake fan. I like fruit, and I like cake, but I don’t really like fruitcake. Perhaps my problem is I prefer fresh...
View ArticleWord Challenge
Every story has a beginning. The start of our journey began with a word, but not just any word, the word that made it all begin. According to Genesis, God spoke (communicated) and it was done. God...
View ArticlePlanting and Reaping
Six years ago, I jumped from the newspaper industry to editing this magazine, which — you’ll discover in the fine print on the next page — is owned by the Free Methodist Church – USA. I lacked the...
View ArticleThe Unpredictable Love of Jesus
I would imagine that most people reading this know that love emanates from Jesus’ life and teaching. It is the reason He came (John 3:16). It is the core of His commandments (Matthew 22:37–39). It is...
View ArticleSociety and the Soul
I’m writing this article in mid-August a few days after the so-called “Unite the Right” protest turned deadly in Charlottesville, Virginia. Despite the name, I don’t see anything “right” about...
View ArticleYour Big Backyard
I have a small backyard. It takes about three minutes to mow the grass. It takes longer for me to get the mower out than it does to mow. That makes it easy to keep it neat and clean. But, beyond the...
View ArticleLeast Leading
Most of us like to be noticed for our skill and complimented for our accomplishments. A desire for recognition is human nature. Whether it is from parents, bosses, peers, subordinates, friends or...
View ArticleWho Are the Poor in Spirit?
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Why did Jesus list the “poor in spirit” first in the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3–12)? “Jesus puts this beatitude first because...
View ArticleWhy Should We Mourn?
David sits in the upper room crying for his lost rebellious son, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!” Job, lost for direction, questions God saying, “I cry out to you, O God, but you do not...
View ArticleJust as We Are
My mind races as I consider the theme of this month’s issue based on Jesus’ words in Matthew 5:5, “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.” I think, “Lord, how can this be?” After all,...
View ArticleMercy Media
We live in a divided world fueled by divided (divisive?) media. Are the print, broadcast and digital media to blame for these divisions, or do they merely reflect existing divisions in society? I...
View ArticleCarrying Peace Into the World
As Christians we hold two things in tension at all times: our desire to be known and to be loved and the knowledge that we are known and loved by God. The desire is good. To be human, to be God’s...
View ArticlePersecution: A Complex Issue
This is the final issue of Light + Life Magazine’s Beatitudes series, and it may also be the most complicated issue in the series. In each monthly issue, several writers have provided their...
View ArticleA Life Changed Through Learning
A Mormon and a Jew walk into a bar … OK, more like a department store. I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, into the family of a Jewish immigrant and a generational Mormon. At an early age, I was not...
View ArticleA Revival Journal of Pure Bible Truth
B.T. Roberts didn’t just launch the Free Methodist denomination in 1860 with the help of other likeminded folks who because unwelcome in the Methodist Episcopal Church (forerunner of today’s United...
View ArticleFruitcakes, Politics and Peace
I’m a fan of most holiday snacks, but, unlike my father, I’ve never been much of a fruitcake fan. I like fruit, and I like cake, but I don’t really like fruitcake. Perhaps my problem is I prefer fresh...
View ArticleWord Challenge
Every story has a beginning. The start of our journey began with a word, but not just any word, the word that made it all begin. According to Genesis, God spoke (communicated) and it was done. God...
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