~by Christine Gough We are knee deep in the middle of summer these days and as a teacher with two boys at home–ages 6 and 10–we create a summer bucket list each year. Rather than seeing this list as a prescriptive, stressful agenda of to-dos, it actually gives our days a little structure and allows … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2017
The Glimpse That Makes It All Worth It
~by Corey Fields Life can be an exercise in doing lots of work for what is relatively a moment of reward. You practice that Christmas cantata at church for months and it’s over in 45 minutes. You plan and fundraise for that international mission trip — often more than a year of prep for a … Continue reading
From Growing Up in the Pew to Parenting in the Pew
~by Lynace Pabst Veit Attending worship has always been a significant part of my life. With both parents in ministry there was rarely a Sunday that I missed church. We were the first to arrive in the morning, the last ones to leave, and there we sat every Sunday in the second pew from the front. … Continue reading