by Don and Joy Veinot | Dec 30, 2021 | Angels, Christmas, Despair, Hero, Prayer warrior, Servanthood, Suicide
The Christmas film classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, and a host of others, is, as most of us are aware, the story of a decent man who does not realize the tremendous impact his life has had for the good on those around him. Although...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 23, 2020 | bigotry, Lawlessness, Politics, Prayer, Prayer warrior, Racism, Salvation
In one of our all-time favorite films, Fiddler on the Roof, the Jewish citizens of the fictional Russian shtetl of Anatevka ask the rabbi if there is a prayer for the Czar. With a twinkle in his eye, he assures them there certainly is, and then goes on to recite the...
by Don Veinot | May 9, 2019 | Christian Life, Christian living, Prayer, Prayer warrior
When I was younger one of the main targets of comedians was their mothers-in-law. Down through the years I have poked fun at my own mother-in-law from time to time. Like most of us — OK, ALL of us – she could sometimes be a walking contradiction as she walked by...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Nov 22, 2018 | Atheism, Friends, Prayer, Prayer warrior, Thanksgiving, Worship
My late mother had a tradition on Thanksgiving Day of greeting us with a hearty “Happy Bird Day!” Unlike Joy, I didn’t grow up in a Christian home. My father was an atheist and my mother was a religious eclectic who bought into a variety of New Age beliefs before they...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Jul 13, 2017 | Evangelism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Prayer, Prayer warrior
From time to time, I think about the prayer warriors that God put in our lives in the past. Some of them have gone home to be with the Lord, and we have to admit we really miss the intercession they provided on a regular basis. In many cases, the intercession was...
