Christmas Eve
Here’s another devotional thought from Pam Cope, founder of Touch a Life. (Jantsen’s Gift 303-304)
“But then, a few days later, I received a letter from Tommy Drinnen, who works at the Village of Hope (ed: Village of Hope is an orphanage in Ghana that is...
Rescue: the act of saving someone/something from a distressing situation.
My rescue story started the day I was born, as did all of ours I’m sure; however, after a complicated delivery my parents were told, “She will not make it through the next couple of hours, then, she will not...
Not very long ago there was a time in my life where I felt I was “living the American dream.” We were a two income family with two vehicles, a mortgage, and three beautiful girls. I was a part of the PTO as a room mom. My husband was working a great job with great pay and benefits...
If you had asked me prior to December 31, 2011, “How do you feel about walking?”
I would have looked at you strangely and replied, “Walking is as natural as breathing! I walk for everything: work, exercise, and just for fun.”
I don’t remember ever...
There have been times in my life where I thought I knew God’s plans for me. As a young adult, I served actively within my church and college organization. I served on several mission trips (Panama City Beach, Nashville, Toledo, and Pittsburgh) and helped with VBS, Backyard Bible Clubs...
I recently came across a blog by Dr. Mark D. Roberts on patheos.com. (http://www.patheos.com/blogs/markdroberts/series/introduction-to-advent/). His writing about sharing his “Greatest Advent Discovery” was something I could really relate to. He talks about his...
The season of Advent is about faith and waiting. A few synonyms for waiting are arrival, appearance, emergence, and expect. As I spent time reflecting on these ideas and the experiences I’ve had with them throughout my life, my thoughts immediately jumped to my childhood Christmases.
As a...
1978--an emotional year for me, as a judge split custody of my two boys, so youngest Ron and I moved to Searcy where he attended Harding Academy and I worked full time and attended classes on lunch hour and at night for 2 years, but eventually went full time and brought my parents to live with...
I love the title to John Ortberg’s book Everyone’s Normal Until You Get To Know Them because it so adequately describes my family.
These days you have a 50/50 shot of having parents that stay together for a lifetime. I was one of those kids outside that ‘happily ever...
“So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew, nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to...