Recently my gardening guru sister-in-law was trimming a large rose bush in her yard. Much to her surprise, after cutting away some unruly limbs, she found a little bird’s nest with three small eggs nestled safely inside. Unfortunately, by removing the thorny barrier she had inadvertently exposed the carefully selected home of the mother and developing…
This morning during my daily Scripture reading I came to the story of David and Goliath. As I re-read this familiar favorite I began to feel the encouragement of its message again. In my mind I imagined David coming into the army’s camp to the scorn of his brothers, especially Eliab, the firstborn who was…
I grew up in a military family. My father was a Marine pilot so we moved at least every year or two. At one point, we moved 3 times in a 13 month period. And to me this was normal; I had never lived any other way. Growing up, I didn’t really think much about…
We just had our first baby at our new residential home! What a joy to welcome little Kinzly Grace into the world. When I look at her sweet little chubby face I think of all the potential, all the possibilities ahead for this little one. Isn’t that what all parents do? We ask ourselves, “Will…
January 22, 2013 is the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to allow abortion on demand in the United States. Since then, 56 million people have died without a chance to take their first breath. 56 million people have not been given the opportunity to “Get in the Game” (ATI Technologies) or to “Just…
So I have a confession. I like New Year’s resolutions. Every year I hear or read in various places that we really ought not to make resolutions we know we will break. That our energies would best be set to a more appropriate spiritual goal. I come away feeling sort of robbed of the greatness of resolutions. So…