Most of us learn things from our father as little children that we draw upon later in life, often coming to the realization that we learned patience, or fairness, or empathy from the man we looked up to the most. When I had a challenging day caring for my three ...
Read More »Beginnings Matter
Beginnings often hold the promise of good things. When my grandparents were married in 1927, it was a time of new hope for both of them. My grandfather had finally regained his health after suffering from Tuberculosis brought on by weakened lungs after he contracted influenza during the 1918 pandemic. ...
Read More »The Battle Within Us
Matthew 24:6-7 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. While ...
Read More »Grace: There is Always Enough!
He was an English police officer in the early 1930’s. One morning as he prepared for a day of work by shaving, he cut himself on his razor. Just a little nick, nothing to worry about. But not long after, a life-threatening infection began to circulate within his body. Imagine ...
Read More »Trusting When You Are Fearful
My mother’s soothing voice was often all I needed as a little girl to calm my childish fears. I have a memory from the age of four when an older neighbor girl told me the story of the “Bogeyman” for the first time, how he came into houses in the ...
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