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The Center of Our Lives: this week we have two trains of thought, one regarding a life centered in Christ and a second on the general subject of the development of religion. “When Christ is the center of our lives, unambiguously and without competition, the rest of our lives tend to fall into harmony around…

The author of this weeks special reflection, The Balance of Cancer, is unknown. However, this wisdom writing was found by Chaplain Allen Thyssen in the journal of a cancer patient. The Balance of Cancer: A Loss, A Gain A loss of health A gain of a healthy life style A loss of security A gain of eternal…

“God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.” Andrew Murrey These were the words posted on a note card of a dying cancer patient some years ago. They are as true today as they were then. The patient had also collected another prayer that went like this. There is…

I have been thinking about being close to God because the theme this year of a church near my home is “To be near God is my happiness.” The pastor said he chose it because he seems happiest when he is near God.  In fact, he was so bubbly when explaining the theme to some…

The domestic church. How do you see the church? Many people understand the church as a building. It will come as no surprise to students of NationsUniversity that this is not a biblical understanding of the church.  As I understand it, the English word “church” comes from the Greek word ekklesia, which is defined as “an assembly”…

There once was a missionary who worked with the people of Mexico. One of the techniques he used was to have an individual look into a mirror and state, “I am a child of God.”  One woman he was working with broke down in uncontrollable tears when it was her turn to “come to the…

Home Depot Leadership: There is a large “chain” of stores in America that specializes in the sale of tools for maintaining and improving the home and garden. It is called the Home Depot. At any of its outlets you can find gardening equipment, paint, appliances and appliance repair items, fertilizer, plants, etc.  In other words,…

What were we coming home to? My family recently moved some 500 KM to Sugar Land, Texas, less than an hour from where I was born. Many of my relatives still live in this area. El Campo, Texas is a small farming and ranching community that is rich in its Czech heritage. I remember Czech…

Early in our relationship, she shared a poem she had recently penned. The poem began, “The Lord is my data processor.” The poem was a take-off on the 23d Psalm, the Shepherd’s Psalm. The time was in the 1970s and computers were beginning to make their presence known. While the poem has been lost over…

NEW ORLEANS — NationsUniversity, a non-profit, private university, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. David Srygley as Chief Academic Officer.  David comes to the institution from a ministerial role at the Arlington Heights Church of Christ in Corpus Christi, Texas.  He has also assisted NU for several years in the capacity of Compliance Officer, a position related to…