PFC Blog

My younger brother was recently promoted to Sargent First Class (E7), highest level any member of my family has reached within the armed forces. I’m extremely proud of him. I think of the talks we’ve had as men, and not just as older and younger brother. I’ve asked him how...

Praying is one of the most important things we can do as a child of God and yet so many of us have a hard time doing it. We have a group of people in Bismarck from Liberia, Africa. They have started a Liberian church in town and have been attending the weekly community prayer meetings that take...

OK, I am going to be painfully blunt… I have a pride issue, you have a pride issue, we all have a pride issue. And men, guess what? We have a bigger pride issue than the women do! Pride is the most serious, and the most subtle of sins. Most people do not even recognize pride as...

A person with a hard heart is often a person who has a lot of unresolved anger, a person who is not friendly, a person who blames others, a person who lashes out easily, a person who holds grudges and refuses to forgive. Eventually, people with hard hearts build walls up around themselves and...

There are a lot of people living in spiritual limbo these days and there are many reasons why. Some are there because we have chosen to sit back and ‘let things happen’ or just let the cards fall where they may. Some are there because they catch glimpses of what God has in mind for them but...

We need to realize something very important and that is when we step into a new level or step into a new territory for God, we have to expect that there will be a new devil. I have always believed this and have experienced it many times in my life. Whenever you are about to embark upon...

The great baseball player Wade Boggs once said, “Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that’s why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.” My Dad died a few years ago. When...

I was getting ready for church and something didn’t feel right inside of me.  I went to the bathroom and saw blood. I went to my husband in tears and crawled in his lap, fearful of what was going to happen next.  I was only twelve weeks pregnant.I remember crying and thinking...

I don’t have forever to get my act together. It’s easy to say that our days are numbered…heck it’s easy to offhandedly quote any scripture without it really changing you, but to meditate on it is when the truth sinks deep. I received that revelation when I read a story...

Such a beautiful morning – cold and crisp outside! Autumn is here and soon to be gone – and I know this because Christmas decorations are popping up everywhere in retail stores. Halloween costumes and candy are selling out in stores as trick-or-treaters will soon be ringing our...