I hope this email finds you enjoying summer! [su_spacer] For many of us, we are at the beginning of a busy summer – after a year and a half of a pandemic, an election year, racial division, and just plain chaos, confusion, anxiety, depression, loneliness, and grief upon grief; concerning so many things! [su_spacer] Even…
Inevitable adversity. In our current day world filled with all of the twenty-first-century comforts, instant gratification, and entitlement, it seems that adversity has no place. We long to control every aspect of our lives and rush to fix things when difficulty comes storming in. We can’t easily avoid conflict, suffering, and affliction in any part of life, but…
Growing up, secrets played a huge part in my daily living. I never dared share what daily life could look like in our home. I knew the signs. When they appeared I knew the demons had triggered what would end up being a hellish night for us. The morning after, we would all get up,…
by: Diane Nix We had taken a break for a couple of days. Rest was what the doctor ordered, and we were doing just that and enjoying the colors of fall. Walking down a steep grade, I didn’t see the small rock and stepped squarely on it. My ankle turned. My body and bad back…
By: Jodi Aiken Have you ever made a promise to God not knowing what kind of resolve it would take, but you were all in? In my late twenties, God called me to follow Him into ministry. In yielding to His calling I promised God, I would never turn down an opportunity to share with…
It is dark yet, and the day is so very young when I nestle into my favorite chair. There is such a stillness in our home this time of day except for the ticking of the clock and the occasional peaceful sighs of my sleeping pup nearby. My heart welcomes the stillness. I need these…
Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. Colossians 3:13-14 “I’m sorry!” Words are spoken in frustration not because the person wanted forgiveness but because she wanted…
“There’s your act of true love – riding across the fjords like a valiant, pungent, reindeer king.” – Olaf from Frozen Ok, so maybe Olaf wasn’t exactly right about Anna’s needed act of true love, but we have to give the little snowman – who loves warm hugs credit…he knew true love required a sacrifice….
I knew something was up. We had a saying, “There’s a disturbance in the force”. This tongue in cheek statement was made when there was no apparent reason for feelings of uneasiness and yet those feelings were present. You know – the feeling that something was happening that you couldn’t quite put a finger on….
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