by Rebekah Binkley Montgomery | Aug 4, 2020 | Books
Although We Have Weedy Lives, God Loves Us — The Prodigal College Student It was on a savagely cold winter day in the Midwest that Charles and Carlene learned that one of their sons, Doug, was missing from college. “We got a letter from Doug in the mail. In it he said...
by Rebekah Binkley Montgomery | May 23, 2020 | Good Reads
It may not be inclusive or politically correct, but the unabashed aim of The Grove Church in Peoria, IL, is to attract one hitherto unreached demographic: men. Inspired by David Murrow’s Why Men Hate Going To Church, Murrow and Pastor Mark Doebler freely admit they...
by Rebekah Binkley Montgomery | May 23, 2020 | Good Reads
You know him. He’s home reading the paper while his wife and children fill a church pew. When the pastor asks for prayer requests, his wife raises her hand and murmurs, “Unspoken.” But everyone knows. She’s been praying their entire marriage for her husband to come to...
by Rebekah Binkley Montgomery | May 23, 2020 | Good Reads
Many people have a hunch that the hands on the cosmic clock are pointing at a few minutes to midnight. Movie, television, and book producers are churning out doomsday stories. Even the newest generation is entitled Gen Z. My beloved grandmother, born in 1880, thought...
by Rebekah Binkley Montgomery | May 23, 2020 | Good Reads
Sunday morning. The acrid taste of dread fills your mouth as you think: I have to go to church. You want to go to church; just not your church. Your church is a ‘good’ church. The music is tolerable, the people are fine, the sermon is okay — mostly based on...
