@carol_mcclain How do you conquer your past? There is one sure-fire way: Grace. Webster’s defines grace as “a free gift of God to humankind for regeneration or sanctification: an influence emanating from God and acting for the spiritual well-being of the recipient.” What the heck does the above mean? Glad you asked. I can give …[ read more ]

@carol_mcclain Phil. 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. How do you find beauty and joy? Read on. I drove to my favorite hiking spot. Swerving around curves, ignoring the roaring stream …[ read more ]

@carol_mcclain I used to be scared of God. Scared. Yep. Not the healthy fear of God. Having been raised in a certain Christian faith where God was scary and unforgiving when I became a Christian (the born-again kind), God once more became the God of my former faith. Everything I did had consequences- not for good …[ read more ]

Carol McClain Definition of Truth Pilate famously asked, “What is truth” (John 18: 37-38). Webster defined truth as:: “relationship, conformity, or agreement with fact or reality or among true facts or propositions: the property in a conception, judgment, statement, proposition, belief, or opinion of being in accord with what is in fact or in necessity.” …[ read more ]

by Carol McClain         Life Lessons from the National Parks Author: Penny Musco Genre: Nonfiction – Christian devotionals  “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.”—John Muir, The Yosemite, 1912 Whether …[ read more ]