It came just a week after I posted my parenting and ministry battle cry…a self-reminder to stay faithful in planting the seeds. The news of fruit. fruitfulness in praying for neighbors. fruitfulness of continuing to host Shalom Nights each week to have a meal, worship and study Scripture together. fruitfulness in the simple act of […]

Ms. Cora from down the street gave it to me two years ago. My eighty-six year old gardening neighbor, the one that said, “I hear the gunshots, but even though I live here alone, I’m not scared. I know the Lord is with me. ” She has not been jaded over the past 30 years […]

When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”  “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else […]

*Note* This post was composed a good 3 weeks ago, and is just now being made public.  There is no shame in this, for I have declared that this year would be a year of receiving whatever opportunities for blogging that come my way, rather than trying to force them.  Cheers to every delinquent blogger, […]

This time last year some crazy ideas were downloaded to my mind in those quiet times with the Lord. And prayer was requested.  And help garnered. And toys collected. And its that time of year again! This time, we have a much stronger Body of Believers who are desiring to get Christmas gifts into the hands […]

  ~~~~ The day had been rough. A mom  brooding in anger over all the messes she had to clean up after the kids left for school….messes that were technically their responsibility. While rearranging schedules in order to tend to the disaster zones, she seethed at kids and blamed herself for not having trained well […]

Vicious debates. Degrading Commercials. Facebook Blow-outs.   This election is a war zone. As much as I want to join the bandwagon, lamenting the flaws of the candidates, may Jesus’ words guide my opinion-flaunting: “He who is without sin cast the first stone.” (John 8:7) and “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. […]