The holidays are just around the corner. It can be the most glorious or the most stressful time of the year. Extra demands on your time, emotions, and resources can stretch you beyond your limits. And that’s why you need plastic surgery to help reduce your holiday stress level. A…
Read moreSo much of the time when we try to live our lives set apart to God; and to the work of God, we forget that we are to follow the whispering of The Holy Spirit of God. He does not follow us. We get so busy, wound up in doing…
Read moreWhat do you notice about this picture? I took it because of the flowers…but upon closer examination I find one Mr. Ant clinging to the leafless skinny branch. Clinging. Crawling, at an ant’s pace. Sure, it may have been fast to him, but to me–it was very.very.slow. And perhaps…
Read moreIt’s been nearly a year since we moved my elderly parents into a nearby Assisted Living facility. After sorting through sixty-eight years of living – slipping precious memories into the hands of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and auctioning off whatever remained – they set up housekeeping in a tiny 450…
Read moreOne of the hardest things of being a Pastor’s wife is having to deal with conflict within the church. I do not like conflict. In my perfect world, everyone would like everyone; no one would hurt others and everyone would approve of the pastor’s wife’s outfit! (some humor on that last…
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