Author: Randy Grathen

If you would like to hear the story click on the green Listen bar above. Story by Randy Grathen. My wife Laurie wrote a blog post recently about her and a friend musing over all the things they could do if they won the lottery. You can read her story here. One recent Mega-something lottery… Read more

For decades one of the most popular places to go by boat at the Lake of the Ozarks Missouri was a place called Party Cove, more commonly referred to as “Sodom and Gomorrah on the Water.” College students and families descended on the lake area in record numbers every summer, especially on weekends. It was… Read more

Story by: Scotty Gray. What a joke that is.  Of course, as Christians, we’re called to do our best, and living our best could be interpreted as such, but the problem is that, when people use that phrase, “live your best life now,” they’re not talking about being a warrior for God’s truth, they’re talking… Read more

Story by Randy Grathen. Are we free to choose our path in life, or has God already laid out a course for us and we are just along for the ride? Are the choices we make our own, or does God orchestrate a set of circumstances that move us to make a decision that matches… Read more

Story by Randy Grathen. I was reading about Cain and Able when I received what I think was an amazing revelation. “First Separation.“ The bible talks about the first ever “Original Sin” being committed by Adam and Eve. But there was an even earlier transgression committed against God. It was not the sin of Disobedience,… Read more

Story by April Duncan. Thirteen years ago, I lost my first husband to cystic fibrosis. I knew he had the disease when I met him, but that didn’t matter to me. I fell in love with a person, and he was my person. The oxygen tank he carried around during our first few months never… Read more

Story by Scotty Gray I watch a lot of Christian movies; the Kendrick brothers, cloud 10, Pure Flix; and it really frustrates me when I see people portrayed as solid Christians; when asked about a terrible thing happening to, for example, a child. “Why would this happen to this kid, who is so innocent.”  “Why… Read more

Story by: Kristine Barnes On Friday, my husband and I are preparing to fly from our home in North Carolina for 10 days to visit our daughter’s family, my brother’s family, and attend a 25th class reunion. My husband’s sister and her two daughters were also scheduled to leave the state on Friday to go to… Read more

Story by Luke Schoenhoff My son, Joshua was born December 4, 1986. At 2 months old, he was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis or CF for short (a chronic fatal illness). His Mom and I were told the average age for kids who passed away was 8 years old. Every couple of years, we would be… Read more