“Don’t suppose for a minute that I have come to demolish the Scriptures— either God’s Law or the Prophets. I’m not here to demolish but to complete. I am going to put it all together, pull it all together in a vast panorama. God’s Law is more real and lasting than the stars in the […]
Right now many of you in the city of Cairo have within your house the most powerful weapon in Cairo. Have we underestimated what we’ve been given? Do we confuse the holy for common?
Look around at your circumstances—your stuff—your labors. Ask yourself, “What is eternal?” What am I laboring for that has any longevity beyond […]
Porch and Altar
by: Jessica McClure
“For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?” 1 Peter 4:17
Wow. Reading this passage of scripture is not an easy thing for me. […]
This past week found the staff at Two Rivers pretty busy with running Tribe of Judah, teaching a computer class, and hosting a missions group from Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Colfax, Illinois.
Our kids’ program finishes up this week after five weeks of energetic fun by our young participants. The children learned much about prayer […]
We take many moments for granted in our lives, do we not? It is often in the simplest of all moments that the greatest of all truths can be experienced or shared.
One Friday afternoon as usual I was walking to DayStar Nursing Home, and I stopped for a moment to watch two small boys play […]
You know, I have never fancied myself a kid person. Sure, they are cute sometimes and fun to play with for a short period of time, but I find myself growing weary and impatient quite easily, and it is rather humorous. I discover the fullness of this when I spend large amounts of time with […]
After setting off last spring, I honestly never thought I’d get to write another article for this newspaper, but here I am contributing once again—go figure. I have a secret to share. Perhaps you already know this or have experience with it. The secret is: God works in funny ways.
Have you ever felt like half […]
I have heard this particular truth many times. It continues to dance before me and occasionally it will slightly turn, revealing an entirely new view to gaze at. God’s ways and thoughts are forever higher than mine and I desire to continue to pursue depths of it that I know I have not yet unburied. […]
The Two Rivers staff are taking some down time to recoup from the summer and rev up for the fall. Stay tuned for details of programming when our column returns in a few weeks! We are currently working on getting a new community computer lab up and running during the fall. We pray that it […]
It is hard to believe that we waved good-bye to the last van of church groups a week ago. Another YouthWorks summer in Cairo has come to a close. As many of you guys know, our beloved town gets invaded by 500+ youth and adults every summer hosted by YouthWorks, a missions organization that is […]
