A word picture captured my imagination. My name – His throne!! What an incredible gift, the gift of prayer! And it is a gift we can receive and a gift we also give…
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I wanted our children to stay children as long as possible. Being a mom with young children was a role I enjoyed. But childhood is the very time we…
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As you evaluate the values you want your child to have as an adult, is being respectful and showing mercy to those who are elderly …
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As a teacher, I have learned through the years that our natural tendency when dealing with children is to raise our voice above the noise so…
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I may never be called to give my life for a friend physically, but I am called to put my friend’s needs before my own needs at times…
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Laughter is a gift that leads me to a grateful heart, a joyful heart. Often laughter helps me see the fun in life or the silliness in our…
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I especially liked Sherry’s encouragement for us to laugh more. After the death of our son, Mark, I remembered the Scripture that laughter is good medicine. I decided…
September 1st is looming. At 8 AM those registered and those registering will gather to begin an event. Money will be raised for MS research. Participants …
“We live our lives as if it’s all about me, it’s all about me”. What does that mean? What does that look like? When we are thinking it is all about me, we might sound…
Zephaniah prophesied during the reform of King Josiah who brought spiritual revival to Judah after a long reign of evil. He pronounced …
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My mother informed me one day as she was telling stories about my childhood, “Your kindergarten teacher tirelessly encouraged you to rework your…
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It is 3 AM right now. I cannot sleep. I toss and turn and silently pray, “Dear Lord please clear my thoughts and let me fall back to sleep”. It doesn’t …
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As I write this, my multiple sclerosis is causing some balance difficulties. My doctors are working with me to figure things out. MS is as unique…
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We have prayed for one another through thick and thin. We encourage one another in this season of life, no matter how limited our lives seem…
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Today’s Treasure is one of my favorite Scriptures. When there are no other answers, there is the promise of His presence and He wants us to trust...
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On an ordinary day in August, our son went for a routine sinus Cat-scan; that same day we learned that my father-in-law would need open heart...
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Four days after our son’s first MRI, we sat in an exam room, waiting to meet the neurosurgeon who would perform his brain surgery. As the...
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On the first day of August, I had jotted a note in my prayer journal under our son’s name: “humility and gratitude.” It’s not that he isn’t...
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One day, in the waiting room of my Dad’s oncologist, I happened to sit next to an (annoying) angel. The very word angel in the Greek indicates...
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As I waited in a dimly-lit hospital hallway for our son to finish his first MRI—the one that followed the incidental discovery of a “something”...
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