Peace
Peace The theme for the second week of Advent is Peace. It’s fitting that our Scripture memory verse for December is Psalm 46:10, “Be still and know …
Finding Hope
Finding Hope It’s the age-old question every parent must answer: when to tell or not to tell? A friend shared recently that they still had …
Advent
Advent resources for your family Our plane landed around midnight on December 1st. The previous six months we lived on a South Pacific island, in …
Go-Vember: Foreign Missions
Go-Vember: Foreign Missions I remember when a missionary couple from Kenya came to visit our house. God was using them to reach families and restore …
Local Missions
Local Missions efforts at Valley View November is “Go-Vember” at Valley View, the month we give special emphasis to missions. It is timely that this …
Go-vember
November is GO-vember at Valley View I remember one of my favorite family vacations growing up. We went to the beach in Florida. My brothers …
Emotionally Healthy Discipleship
Emotionally Healthy Discipleship I remember the moment my machine gun was ripped from my hands. No it wasn’t at the men’s event this past weekend. …
Why Do We Study Church History?
Why Do We Study Church History? “It was a pleasure to burn.” That’s the famous opening line of one of my favorite novels, Fahrenheit 451. …
The Impact of One Choice
The choice seemed overwhelming. Would he choose the easy path, the natural desire, and hide out in a remote German monastery to translate the Bible? …
October is Church History Month
This past Sunday I announced, to overwhelming enthusiasm, that October would be Church History Month at Valley View. Why is Church History important for us? …