By RTF Staff Writer Shannon Meiers
To My First Love,
You were always there for me. From May to August, you let me sleep in — even when I wished for the hustle and bustle of last year. You let me write a book and you put a stop to my school subjects, forcing me to finish it on schedule.
There were times I complained that you were boring. (more…)
By Guest Writer LuraKate Pijanowski
Sometimes the easiest way out is to run from our problems. Or so it seems… until the problems come running right back to us.
I know about that. (more…)
Abbie Says:
Okey dokey! After the highly sophisticated method of scribblings the entries on a pieces of paper, folding them up and then randomly picking one…
the winner is… (more…)
By RTF Staff Writer Abbie Miller
So, if we’re gonna be friends, there’s something y’all need to know about me. I’m a klutz. A royal, hardcore, Annie-bar-the-door kind of klutz.
During the course of my two-week globetrotting adventure, I managed to complete the following feats of fantastic clumsiness: (more…)
By Staff Writer Jennifer Grimes
I could feel my eyes widen and my face heat up. My thumb lingered over the television remote’s “go back” button, but I didn’t press it. My eyes were glued to the screen. I was now a victim of the movie’s creators and my own curiosity. I was trapped. (more…)
By Staff Writer Abbie Miller
Last year, I served for four weeks at a Christian summer camp for kids.
I’d never done anything like it, and I. was. SCARED.
I had no idea what to expect, no real idea why I’d even applied – except that I felt God wanted me to – and I didn’t know anyone there.
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By RTF Staff Writer Jamin Goeker
If you happen to be human and you’re reading this, then the chances are that you are going to relate to what I’m about to say: I have an idea of what my future spouse is going to be like. (more…)
by Stephany Mendia
“If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.” (1Corinth 13:3)
I always used to think that if you did something nice for someone that’s it, you did a kind act and it was over. But when I set a goal for myself to memorize Corinthians 13 I realized everything the Bible said love was, was everything that you do while you are helping someone.
True service that reflects God is all about love. If we love God then we choose to live for Him and give Him our all- this is the same dedication He asks that you have in your service for Him!
When Jesus was on this earth, He was conscious that He was representing His Father, so He did everything in an attitude of love for others. (more…)