by Bruce Martin | Feb 7, 2026 | Blog, Hope, Marriage, Word for the Week |
“It is the kindness of God that leads us to repentance.” Romans 2:4 As I write this, I’ve heard a lot of people say that we’re more divided as a country than ever before, and I get that. However, there was that thing called the Civil War back in the 1860s,... 
by Bruce Martin | Dec 8, 2025 | Blog, Hope, Word for the Week |
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” From the inscription on the Statue of Liberty.... 
by Bruce Martin | Oct 2, 2025 | Blog, Hope, Word for the Week |
“In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength. (Isaiah 30:15-18, NIV) Rest. It’s the word that came to me last week and I knew my blog post for this week would be just that. I’ve been pushing really hard this year, booking... 
by Bruce Martin | Dec 30, 2020 | Blog, Hope |
What a year, right? For me, it’s been going out with a bang…literally. Lots of banging actually. I spent Christmas Eve eve under an MRI machine having brain scans done. I’d had (what I thought was) a severe sinus headache for about 10 days, but it wasn’t getting... 
by Bruce Martin | May 19, 2020 | Blog, Hope, Word for the Week |
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.” (Isaiah 43:18-19, NIV) I went to the wilderness this past weekend with a few... 
by Bruce Martin | May 9, 2020 | Blog, Hope, Word for the Week |
The Word for the Week this week comes from my friend Shadia Hrichi. It’s an important take on trials and temptations “Don’t give the devil so much credit.” I do not remember the exact details that prompted my friend to say such a thing, but I do recall being a...