• Two Realities – God and Sin
    By Rebecca Feere     Psalm 73:26 is a verse that I often recite to remind myself what is true. It says, “My heart and my flesh may fail, BUT GOD is the strength of my heart and my portion forever” (emphasis mine).  Until Jesus returns, we are faced with two realities. The first is the… Read more: Two Realities – God and Sin
  • Just a Little Tree
    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

  • This Year. Leap Year.
    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

  • The Prince of Peace
    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

  • Four More Days!
    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

  • God Bless Us, Every One!
    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

  • The Bathroom Book
    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