LIGHT OF THE WORLD

During the holidays, neighborhoods are decked out with strings of light. But one family in Union Vale, New York took a page from Clark Griswold in Christmas Vacation.

Barney CargileDecember 22, 2023Comment

JESUS IS THE ANSWER

As the Christmas Eve service began, the pastor invited all the kids to the front for a short children’s message. He began by describing an animal

Barney CargileDecember 15, 2023Comment

CHRISTMAS AT THE HANOI HILTON

Captain Eugene McDaniel spent six years in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, a brutal prison camp in Vietnam. Yet he experienced moments of pure joy.

Barney CargileDecember 8, 2023Comment

LIVING IN THE MOMENT

A farmer owned a rooster, whose crowing annoyed his neighbor. One morning, the neighbor showed up at

Barney CargileDecember 1, 2023 Comments

THANKSGIVING IN SORROW

Thanksgiving. A warm and fuzzy holiday, if there ever was one. Blow-up turkeys gracing our lawns. Pictures of pilgrims and cornucopias.

Barney CargileNovember 23, 2023 Comment

SEEING FURTHER IN THE DARKNESS

A fifth-grade teacher asked her students, “When can you see further, in the daytime or at night?”

Barney CargileNovember 17, 2023 Comments

THE SHADOW OF DEATH

Donald Grey Barnhouse, a pastor in Philadelphia, was returning home from the funeral of his first wife with his children.

Barney CargileNovember 10, 2023 Comments

WHAT MATTERS MOST

On April 14, 1912, as the Titanic was sinking, one woman paused as she was about to step onto a lifeboat.

Barney CargileNovember 3, 2023 Comment