When I think of a servant’s heart, one name comes to mind. Jackie. I first met Jackie at the school that our children attended. We had two children in the same grade levels and together we have been through it all. From room moms to volunteer moms to bleacher sitting moms, Jackie and I have […]
Category: hope
Lift Your Spirit
Needed this today. Walking around in a slump and just couldn’t get out of the starting gate. Anyone else? I’ve often heard, and from the best of friends, when in a dump get up and praise. I don’t know about you, but counterintuitive seems like a soft description of how I feel about that prescription […]
Testimony Thursday by Guest Writer: Claudia Clawson
Born to a single mother, who immigrated to America from the Republic of Panama, my father never recognized my sister or I as his children. We were not a priority in his life; he participated when it was convenient for him. My mother was raised Catholic and that is how I was raised. I attended […]
“The End is Just the Beginning”
5He arrived at a city in Samaria called Sychar. Sychar was near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s Well was there. Jesus sat down by the well because he was tired from traveling. The time was about noon. John 4:5-6 GWT This brief passage in Scripture is full of […]
Tho’ts for Thursday
4-6 The misfits among the people had a craving and soon they had the People of Israel whining, “Why can’t we have meat? We ate fish in Egypt—and got it free!—to say nothing of the cucumbers and melons, the leeks and onions and garlic. But nothing tastes good out here; all we get is manna, manna, […]
The Wood Chips in My Shoes
Today would have been my brother’s birthday. He was my only biological sibling, two years younger than I. At the age of 9, he was diagnosed with an incurable neurologically deteriorating illness. At the time of the diagnosis, there were only 100 possible known cases throughout the United States. Schilder’s disease became the word of […]
“Freedom Found in Christ” by Guest Writer: Rochelle Bauer
We are all born into this world as sinners. As a baby, we obviously don’t understand what that means and during that timeframe, we aren’t purposely sinning. But nevertheless, we are born as slaves to sin. As I examine my own sinful desires, an image pops into my head. I imagine myself in shackles sitting […]
Titus Two 