Faith: The Moment of Surrender
By Ed Cyzewski
My Mom and grandmother always made sure I had a fantastic lunch every day in elementary school. Roast beef, turkey, peanut butter and jelly, and even leftover meatloaf were all regulars in my lunch bag. Sometimes a friend at my table forgot his lunch and if his family didn't drop it off, our teachers would cajole us to share with him.
Tilling, Sowing, and Fertilizing Scripture
By Ed Cyzewski
The fields in my southern Vermont valley are still damp from the March snow melt. Streams running down the sides of mountains remain swollen, and the Battenkill River licks over its banks as it rushes toward New York state.
The Greatest Temptation: "Losing" Our Faith
My father is an atheist, so I still remember having no idea what the Bible was, let alone that my first name appeared in it so many times.
As a teenager, however, I started reading God's Word from cover to cover, and before college I had memorized nearly 100 pages of Scripture. I've read through the Bible dozens of times. And I've discovered that only four chapters don't talk about sin and tempta...
Losing Everything
Have you ever lost someone near or dear to you?
I lost someone when I was eleven. My dad and mom and brother and two sisters and I were near Snoqualmie Pass, about fifty miles east of Seattle.
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