To have an encounter with, to meet, the omnipotent God instead of merely aligning ourselves with impotent religious traditions and laws is our greatest need today as it was thousands of years ago. Nothing short of this will change us. We cannot save ourselves any more than we can give breath to life. But first we need to be convinced God is real. And not only to be convinced, but to encounter Him personally while on this wonderful, arduous and often confusing journey of our lives none of us asked to be on. Even if ….
(Note: Myra Watkins wrote this blog on April 7, 2007.) CNN is airing an Anderson Cooper special entitled “What is a Christian?”, and since it is the Easter holiday, it is a timely topic for consideration. There can be a great deal of confusion surrounding Jesus Christ and what it means to be a Christian. There is even supposed to be a controversial chocolate sculpture of Jesus on display at a Manhattan gallery on Monday. I remember Donald Miller relating a story in his book “Searching For God Knows What” about something that happened when ….
(Editor’s Note: Myra Watkins, our missionary in Ukraine, wrote this on January 2, 2011.) As we celebrated the New Year at Maidan (Independence Square) in Kiev with thousands of jubilant people I thought if the euphoric hope for a better year could be bottled and sold on grim days it would significantly boost the economy. But wishes and good cheer do not lead to improvement. After the countdown to the new year, the clock keeps on ticking and we find ourselves going somewhere in life – good or bad. We can’t stand there forever in ….
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