- Let There Be Light
By: Casey Korstanje Imagine life without Jesus. Seriously, try. I had occasion to chat with some teen boys in December that left a deep and lasting impression. They had come to Central for Christmas dinner – the one organized for the community by Dave and Barb Rogelstad. The amount of work that went in… Read more: Let There Be Light
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Just a Little Tree
Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: Laurie Korstanje What stands 12 inches tall, is made out of ceramic, has a light dusting of snow, and twinkling lights? You might say a ceramic Christmas tree, I say memories. I opened a box on Christmas day, a gift from my sweetheart. What was inside made… Continue reading
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This Year. Leap Year.
Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: Barbara Rogelstad Welcome to 2024! This year we are gifted with one day more than last year. I still remember the rhyme I memorized in elementary school. It goes like this: Thirty days has September, April, June, and November. All the rest have thirty-one. But February’s really great!… Continue reading
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The Prince of Peace
Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: Roger Wood For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 Five years ago, and two weeks before… Continue reading
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Four More Days!
Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: Pastor Jeremy Heikkinen We are so close! Christmas is just four days away! I don’t know why, but my youngest son has been captivated by the number four lately. Maybe because he just turned four in October. Lately, it has come up multiple times while playing a… Continue reading
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God Bless Us, Every One!
Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: John Kerr I will never forget my first Christmas! No, not as a baby but as a new believer in Christ. Christmas of 1976 was special. I had arrived in Canada only weeks before. Central quickly became my home church. I was baptized in November and joined… Continue reading
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The Bathroom Book
Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: Casey Korstanje We discovered a forgotten treasure the other day, a little notebook buried in the bottom of a drawer Laurie was cleaning out. The cover reads: Janet’s Bathroom Book. Christmas 1997. Janet is Laurie’s mom. She moved here from British Columbia in the mid 1990s and became… Continue reading
