This week Rus Lyons launched the third location of The Custom Cottage on the South Side of Indianapolis.  The new business will build hand-crafted hardwood furniture, including beds, tables, dressers and desks. It has a twofold mission: creating custom-designed furniture for customers and providing jobs for hard-to-employ neighbors. It’s motto: building lives by building furniture.

 

What would you do if you got a message on your phone saying that you and everyone around you might have just 12 minutes left?

 

The sixth annual Indiana service trip brought 22 volunteers together, mostly from northern Virginia and South Bend to accomplish a variety of inside and outdoor projects in Indianapolis and Evansville. 

 

"What really struck me was what a great need there was to go out and talk to people about the Lord."

 

"I really dislike school. I want you to know that. I hate all this silliness. I mean, think about it for a minute. The bells, the grades, the uniforms, homework. Really?"

 

If you read the four Gospels and pay attention to the sequence of events during the week of Jesus’ crucifixion, you may spot a puzzle.