~ by Christine Gough On Christmas morning I did a little internal squeal when I opened up a package containing a frivolous item that had been on my wish list…a felt letter board. A few days after the hoopla of the 25th, my mother-in-law and sister-in-law were helping me cut apart the hundreds of plastic … Continue reading
~by Jill Clingan This morning I was sitting on the couch praying the morning office from Phyllis Tickle’s Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime when my son Jack walked out of his room in tears. I thought maybe he had woken up from a bad dream. We had watched an episode of Stranger Things … Continue reading
~ By Sara Wolbrecht Sometimes, I just suck at prioritizing my time. It is one of my greatest challenges in both my home and work lives. Every day I go to bed with 181 things left undone in both arenas. To top it off, although I am a fairly disciplined person and a huge … Continue reading
by David Grummon So let’s leave it alone ‘cause we don’t see eye to eye There ain’t no good guy, there ain’t no bad guy There’s only you and me and we just disagree -Dave Mason, 1977 So I wanted to write a piece on teaching kids how to disagree without being disagreeable. That is … Continue reading
~ By Elizabeth Dilley In the past month, I have received two gifts. The first was a knotted cross, given to me and four other women by a dear mutual friend, around whom we virtually gathered over the past year as that friend received treatment for breast cancer. This cross is a celebration of the … Continue reading
~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
by Keeva Kase I am often amazed at the spiritual insight of my nearly four-year-old son. On a recent trip to the store, Ketch asked me, “Dad, what is most important in life?” This is not like the indefatigable “why?” after each level of explanation of reasons that a car needs gas or the sky … Continue reading
~ By Miranda Grummon The reputations of Christians and the church isn’t exactly stellar in the secular world. Churches are closed-minded, they say. Homophobic. Judgmental. Hypocritical. Why on earth would someone want to be a part of a church community? Well…..what if, instead of only hearing the negative press, I could tell them about the love, … Continue reading
~by Julia Roller The other day I heard a young girl say that Romans 8:28, “We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,” was her life verse. It’s a beautiful and meaningful verse, and I was smiling to myself about her choice … Continue reading
~by Kimberly Knowle-Zeller Before becoming a mother I heard all the stories of how much I’d be reading to my children. How I’d be reading the same story night after night. How I’d have certain books memorized and possibly could recite them in my sleep. It sounded great at the time. How sweet and picture-perfect. … Continue reading
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