Nancy C. Williams

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:58 Do you ever look back at your work and wonder if it was effective? Did you really accomplish anything? Or was it all in vain? For those of us older folks, getting closer…

“Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” (1 John 4:11) When I accepted an invitation to our community prayer breakfast earlier this month, I didn’t expect to be gobsmacked by a former football player. I figured we were gathering to pray for our local leaders, teachers, healthcare workers, pastors, first…

“And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth.” (Revelation 16:18) In 1989, Dr. Iben Browning predicted a major earthquake on the New Madrid fault line along the Mississippi River, to occur around Dec. 3, 1990.1 Remember the…

“He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.” (Matthew 28:6) I spent a very long minute in a tomb. As our tour group moved ahead on the path around the Nazareth Village historic park in Israel, I lingered behind. The others had already entered and…

“Hosanna! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ The King of Israel!” (John 12:13b) As Holy Week approaches and we focus on events leading to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, it’s easy to cruise on by Palm Sunday in our eagerness to get to Easter. Sure, we put palm branches in our churches and…