Category: Memorials
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Cassius Marcellus Clay: The Abolitionist Who Would Not Back Down
When Americans picture abolitionists, we tend to imagine ink-stained fingers, polite speeches, and moral appeals made from safe distances. Cassius Marcellus Clay did not operate at a safe distance. He published abolitionist newspapers in slave territory. He carried Bowie knives into political meetings. He survived assassination attempts. He killed attackers in self-defense. And he never…
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The Tragic Story Behind “It Is Well with My Soul”
“When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll…” Few lines in hymnody move the human heart quite like these. The beloved hymn “It Is Well with My Soul” was not written from a place of comfort, but from the ashes of deep sorrow. Yet it stands as one of…
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Veterans Day: The Price of Our Freedom

“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” — John 15:13 (ESV) Every November 11th, America pauses to remember. The flags rise, the parades march, and for a few sacred hours, our divided nation seems united again—bound by gratitude for those who wore the uniform of the…
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What God Breaks: A Reflection on Matthew 8:5–13
Introduction: The Gift of Brokenness There is a strange paradox in the Christian life: the more we grow in faith, the more aware we become of our brokenness. For many, brokenness is seen as failure or weakness. But in the kingdom of God, brokenness is not a defect—it is the doorway. Our brokenness is the…
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“And They Laid Their Coats…”
1) The stadium and the stones Sunday afternoon, the doors opened at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and a river of people—families with toddlers balanced on hips, college students in hoodies, retirees in flag pins, pastors in Sunday suits—flowed into the bowl of seats until the place looked like a living topography of grief…