Have you shopped for backpacks lately? Whether you are a parent with a bushel of kids that need a bushel of backpacks or someone that cares about kids who need some help getting their back to school supplies, I want to share this amazing story with you because there is someone that needs your help […]
I cannot begin to grasp the emotions that filled that space when Rachel uttered her last words. Another son…but one that she would never hold…never cradle in her arms…or kiss it’s sweet cheeks…so mustering her last ebb of strength she uttered the baby’s name Ben-oni. And it was true…he was the son of her sorrow. […]
I realize that so many of my readers are grandparents, like me. You might be tempted to skip over this article, but it could help you encourage your grandchildren to read the Bible. Or maybe it could encourage a young parent that you know. So please read it and pray fully consider how you can […]
The yellow sausages are rolling down the highways again. They are stuffed with squirming, energetic students armed with shiny new pencils and clean notebooks with only their names scrawled across the front. Dressed in new clothes and sporting fresh haircuts they arrive to face a new school year. Moms exhausted from hearing the incessant”I’m bored” […]
I was shopping in the garden department when I noticed two boys painstakingly specific in their color choice. They were convinced that you simply CAN’T give your dad a pink rose bush for Father’s Day. The boys circled the pallets of “Knock Out Roses” like vultures, searching for “the perfect red, big and beautiful rose […]
It’s the first game we play with our babies, “Peep Eye. I see you!” Or maybe you say “Peek-a-boo. I see you.” Same game. Their response covers the spectrum from coos to hysterical laughter. As they grow a little older they cover their eyes and peer through their fingers. I find it fascinating that young […]
Adorable only begins to describe the soft, fluffy little ducks I passed on my bike route. Eleven chocolate colored little ducklings, along with a busy mom made up the newest little family at the pond in our neighborhood. That’s a huge brood. I don’t know if they were all hers or if she was baby […]
Kimberly was down the street from where I walk, buying a few groceries, and I wanted to get to see her. So, I ran. It was not a pretty site, all that fat flapping in the breeze. It sounded like my bike did when, as a kid, I clothes-pinned a baseball card in the spokes. […]
This baby is so precious. I think he’s doing more than acting cute. I believe he is praising God in a way that has been modeled for him by his parentsas they Praise and worship God. Matthew 21:16 “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him. “Yes”, replied Jesus, “have you never […]
I enjoy Mark Lowery’s humor so much! Laughter is good medicine. Hope you’ll laugh as much as I did!
If you’re a mama, then you’ve said it again and again, without the music! Funny stuff! Happy Mother’s Day.
Pastor Jason Yon and his wife Amy have been my friends for years. I’ve had them in my home and love this precious young couple. Recently Pastor Jason had the priviliege of leading his young son to Christ and the salvation experience. It was so moving I immediately asked him if he would share it […]