Spiritually Unequal Marriage

Cheryl Coles has been married 37 years, came to know Jesus 25 years ago, and has appreciated the encouragement of this SUM community for 5 years. She is a high school algebra teacher in Washington. Have you ever had a moment with God that you just couldn’t wait to share? Well, here’s what I just experienced…

Hello Sumite Nation, Happy birthday!   Well, today is the one year anniversary of Mike’s bone marrow transplant.   And he received results from a highly sensitive test yesterday. They found no traces of leukemia from the mutated gene source. He is cancer free.  THANK YOU JESUS!!!   Thank you, for praying for Mike. So…

It was several years ago when I was contemplating illness, disease, and the health struggles humanity faces that I was directed by the Holy Spirit to Psalm 107:17-22. Open your Bibles and let’s read together this passage. I will be reading the New King James version. I was asking the Lord. “Why do people get…

Cheryl Coles has been married 37 years, came to know Jesus 25 years ago, and has appreciated the encouragement of this SUM community for 5 years. She is a high school algebra teacher in Washington. All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name. Psalm 66:4Come and see…

By Martha Bush, Guest Writer Those of us who have been in a Sumite Marriage a long time realize we have gone through many stages along the way. Some may not be very pleasant. Many of these unpleasantries may make us cry out as David did, in Psalm 13:1-2, “How Long, Lord? Will you forget…

SUM, Church Without Walls, Lynn Donovan here. Last Friday, I shared about what happens when we invited the Holy Spirit into our lives. My granddaughters experience His presence during our PJ party. But what occurred after that was unexpected. The next morning, I awoke before everyone. I quietly slipped into my jeans and sweatshirt as…

One year, my husband gave me a beautiful diamond necklace for Christmas. After wearing it the first time, instead of hanging it up on a hook in my jewelry cabinet, I hurriedly dropped it into a drawer that held a “poodle dog lapel pin,” a keepsake from my teenage years. Several days later when I wanted to wear…

ULTRAMARATHONS OF FAITH by: Ena du Plessis, South Africa “Christianity isn’t for the little engine that can. It’s for the train wreck that can’t.” – Daniel Emery Price. It has become a yearly institution for me and my husband to run the ComradesMarathon. This road race between the South African cities of Pietermaritzburg and Durban…

It’s Friday. Lynn Donovan writing Day: Here are some thoughts and plans as we move the SUM ministry forward. I will step back into ministry Directorship now and handle more of the day-to-day stuff and in addition to the back-office needs. I’ll continue to write on Fridays. Ian Atcheson will also stay on board, sharing…

Hello SUMite Nation. Lynn Donovan here. I have an announcement. As of May 1, Ann Hutchison will be stepping down as the Director of the SUM ministry. As you may have read, recently she shared some of her family struggles here on the blog. She is finding she needs more time to devote to her…