Hello Friends, Can you believe we are already halfway through August?! With all that has happened (and still happening), time somehow feels like it’s at a standstill and going full speed ahead at the same time. Normally, this time of year looks very...
I was sitting outside looking at this beautiful Hibiscus my daughter had potted and placed on the back porch and was struck how the blooms look straight up. I was reminded at that point the importance of looking up. To lift up our eyes away from the stress, the...
Hello Friends, Just in case you missed it…below is a copy of the letter we mailed out via the post office to our friends and supporters: 2020 has been an interesting year to say the least. As covid-19 continues to spread, the USA experiences civil unrest, and...
One of my favorite preachers, Bruce Theilemann, told a story that I have remembered and retold for several years now. It goes like this: Copenhagen is a nice city and there are many things to see there. But if I could only spend one day in Copenhagen, the place I...
We walk through many valleys, the valley of disappointment, discouragement, danger, despair, devastation, darkness and death. It can be a journey from the first word to the last; the path could stop anywhere. Other than death, darkness is perhaps the worst. For me,...
Hello Friends, Here in the USA, a media phrase often heard during this pandemic has been “We are all in this together!” While this has brought many common struggles, it has also affected and challenged us uniquely, as individuals. At CHN we have been in...
