Brian Butler

My life as I remember it began around age 5 when my parents too me to church. At Grandview Park Baptist Church I felt God’s presence and learned about Him through people who cared for us. At 12, I was given a lot of freedom and during a spring break trip to my...

New Father – New Family!

When I gave my life to Jesus Christ in 1972 and started this life long relationship, I received a new Father and a new family. His love, His work and His purpose in me was perfect. I was no longer a spiritual orphan but a child of God and an heir to the riches found...

James Smith

My parents divorced when I was 2 years old. My mom’s new boyfriend, my stepfather, raised me. He was very abusive and hateful towards me and he didn’t want children. Eight years later my stepbrother was born, and in four years came my stepsister. My...

A Desperate Woman’s Cry

Happy belated Mother’s Day! I hope all you moms were blessed on your day! What a privilege to bring a life into the world, but there are women unable to conceive and heart broken. In 1 Samuel 1 we learn about a Biblical woman, Hannah, who was facing this...

Shannon King

For a long time my life was defined by addiction and the heavy weight of drug use. That path eventually led me to a place I never thought I’d be – a jail cell. Looking back I realized that while I was physically locked up I had been a prisoner to my...