Life brings storms, and as we go through them, we have a choice to make: Do we collapse under the burdens? Or do we … Shine through them?
A Light in the Storm
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Joseph Mazzella
The Cost of Loving
While the cost of living continues to go up and up, what about the cost of loving?
A Reminder From a Dog
Sometimes we just need to slow down; and God has unique ways of reminding us of this!
The Long and Winding Road
"God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another." (1 Peter 4:10-11 NLT) I knew I wasn’t adopted when I was growing up. My older brother, Eddie and I looked too much alike and our faces were the perfect...
At a Crossroad
It was the Summer of my 16th year. I was 2000 miles away from home and my heart was aching. I had traveled from the mountains of West Virginia to the great plains of Iowa. I was with a group of boys touring a Seminary college. When the trip had first started I was...
The Gifts You Give…Lessons From the First Christmas, Part 4
Throughout the month of December, the Nugget will be featuring articles focused on important lessons in our Spiritual walk that we can learn from Christmas. This 11 part series features several different authors, but the focus is the same: How can the celebration of...
Never Too Soon
"This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it." (Ps. 118:24 NKJV)It is closing in on my 54th birthday as I write this and I am reminded of a wonderful quote by the writer, Colette: “What a wonderful life I’ve had. I...
A Pint of Blood
"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. " (1 John 4:7 ESV)I was sitting at a table eating a chicken salad sandwich. I wasn’t really hungry but I was supposed to sit a bit and eat...
Beginning, Middle and End
"This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another." (1 John 3:11 NLT)It was a late Winter’s day. I was 25 years old and at the one place I never wanted to be. I was sitting in a hospital by my dying Mom’s bedside. For...
Contageous
After over a year of staying home and hiding behind our masks in public my children and I finally got our vaccine shots. The Covid 19 pandemic had gripped the world with fear for so long and it was so joyous feeling safe again after just two tiny jabs from a needle....