Posts by Carmen Fowler LaBerge
Lord, have mercy
“Lord, have mercy! I need you.” “Christ have mercy, they need you – now.” Do you know this cry? It is known historically as the Kyrie eleison and it is a cry that echoes throughout life. We live in a broken, desperate world and we all live in that broken, desperate world together. When we…
Read MoreLenten prayer of hope
Prepare our hearts This is an excerpt from the free new resource, Our Certain Hope: Prayers for Lent and Easter. Receive the full prayer book through Carmen’s monthly newsletter, Keeping up with Carmen. Originally posted February 2024 Lord of all Creation, we bow before You this day awed by the verdant beauty of the world…
Read MoreKingdom Connections: DeKryger Family and the Hospital of Hope serving West Africa
*NEW: Kingdom Connections with Carmen spotlights ministries, individuals, resources, and more that are building the Kingdom of Heaven right here and now on earth— and we want you to know about them! We hope you are encouraged, challenged and informed, and perhaps find new ways you can participate in God’s work at home and around…
Read MoreResource: Primer on Israel
Updated February 2025 On the morning of October 7, 2024, Hamas, a terrorist group based in Gaza, executed a cross-border attack on southeastern Israel. The attack took place on the Sabbath when many of the people in the self-sustaining communal Kibbutz villages and towns were in their homes. Many of them still in their beds.…
Read MoreWhy does Jesus Love me?
Have you ever wondered if God really loves you? Sure, “God is love” and all that, but be honest, have you ever wondered if God really loves YOU? Lexi has. Lexi is a singer/songwriter originally from Tampa, FL who now lives in Nashville, TN. She and I crossed paths through Lionshare at an event at…
Read MoreAnd the Grammy goes to…
The Grammys. Well, I don’t quite know what to say. I confess that I don’t recognize the overwhelming majority of individuals or acts being honored. And the pictures reveal very provocatively dressed young women wearing nothing more than glorified underwear behaving in ways that I find very unbecoming. I didn’t watch the Grammys and I…
Read MoreWhat matters when you’re in the hot seat?
When was the last time you were in the hot seat? Were you in the passenger seat of your parent’s car as they drove you home from somewhere you knew you weren’t supposed to be, doing something you knew you weren’t supposed to do? Or maybe the last time you were in the hot seat…
Read MoreWhen I die
The email was unceremonious. Nothing more than a link to a YouTube post and the name of a friend from years past. The preview or thumbnail that was frozen on the screen was a scene of empty rows of chairs facing a podium and an array of what we all recognize as funeral flowers. And…
Read MoreHas the Light of the World dawned on you?
When the Wright brothers finally got their “flying machine” off the ground in 1903, they sent a telegraph message to their family: SUCCESS FOUR FLIGHTS THURSDAY MORNING ALL AGAINST TWENTY ONE MILE WIND STARTED FROM LEVEL WITH ENGINE POWER ALONE AVERAGE SPEED THROUGH AIR THIRTY ONE MILES LONGEST 57 SECONDS INFORM PRESS HOME CHRISTMAS. OREVELLE…
Read MorePeople are buying Bibles. How will they know what they’re reading?
A record number of Americans are buying Bibles. Bible sales jumped 22% in October, which is particularly notable as total print book sales have remained flat or increased by just 1%. This caught the attention of the Wall Street Journal, with the headline, “Sales of Bibles Are Booming, Fueled by First-Time Buyers and New Versions.”…
Read MoreWhatever is true: Evaluating our News and Media Consumption
Long gone are the days when Americans gathered around their one television set to watch the evening news together or wait for the morning paper to read about what’s happening in the world. Today, we get our news all day, in multiple ways from various sources. As the media landscape has changed— a new trend…
Read MoreWhen will the sun rise again?
The next time the sun rises in the northernmost town in the United States – formerly known as Barrow, Alaska now Utquagvik – by the time rises there again, the 47th President of the United States will have been sworn into office. That’s right, the sun is not going to rise there again for 64…
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