Donna Avant

At the age of 65 I am struggling to hear others speak.   I have a pretty significant hearing loss which requires hearing aids.  When I do not wear my hearing aids, it frustrates my family.  One of my children said, “Mom, I want a relationship with you.  But if you can’t hear me, then we can’t talk.”    In other words, our relationship will suffer.   There are two truths that are very clear in God’s word from Genesis to Revelation.  God desires a relationship with each of us and He speaks....

“The good of the collective takes priority over that of the individual.” This is the new policy of the great city of New York.  Except that this is not originally a quote from Mandami. It is from Adolph Hitler!  Then he killed millions.  Or Joseph Stalin -  "The individual is nothing; the collective is everything." Then he killed millions.  Or Mao -  "The individual is subordinate to the organization (the collective).” Then he killed millions.  Does anyone notice a pattern here? So why do so...

“ Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert .” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43‬:‭19‬ ‭ These words were written to a people who had nothing to celebrate in the year behind them and little to look forward to in the year in front of them.  Isaiah was prophesying to those who would be captives in Babylon. Everything they had known and loved had been destroyed. Their country was gone. Their homes were gone. Their...