Right now I am mad. The weatherman said there would be snow. I woke up, no snow. I didn’t sleep well last night because, like a kid on Christmas Eve, I was excited about the “prizes” I’d find this morning. Not even a bag of switches or coal....

Fun(ny) exercise in our Sunday school class today (uhm, to be politically correct, I should say “Bible Fellowship”). First, props to teacher Bryan J. who, I guess because of his experience as a former youth pastor and now as a middle school Bible...

Today my husband becomes a blogger…….kinda…..and certainly without his foreknowledge. For anyone who knows Tad, they know this is LOL funny! He is not a writer; heck, he’s barely a reader (he’s very proud of the claim that he...

The second night the youth girls were with us……they were pretty worn out. Up til LATE the night before, up early Saturday, then a FULL day of sessions and fun, then back to our house. I’m not sure it was the wisest of decisions to have a...

This past weekend, our church had an “in-town” youth retreat, I think the first time they’ve done something like this. Teaching for the weekend centered on “forgiveness”. The format included both corporate worship/teaching with all the...

I just discovered J. Jill since it opened here a few months ago. I never shopped there before we moved, I’d always pass it by. That being said………..I have turned into a CLOTHES MOLESTER!!! All their sweaters FEEL absolutely yummy (and the...

Death, my friend, is evidence of life LIVED. The death to self preceeds physical death, and both are resisted, both bring momentary pain. But, this is the means through which we enter greater life, the mysterious but inimitable entrance to eternity. Only those...

I can tell you this, it ain’t just honey! OH, MY WORD! I am cracking up just THINKING about this memory! I guess spending lots of time with my father and siblings over the past few months has allowed my thoughts to wander back to childhood. We had various...

Some things are just...