It started to set in during the busiest month for a pastor, December. The constant infections, the hacking cough, the flulike symptoms. After weeks of this seemingly morphing flu/brochitis/strep throat, friends recommended going to an urgent care to get an antibiotic to “kick this thing”. His wife called the naturopath because she wanted to get […]

A Ministry Update Due to numerous factors, and after many hours of prayer and discerning the Lord’s direction, we, plus the elders of Perimeter Church, decided to move Shalom City Church into a season of pausing, praying, and (hopefully) planning the next season of house church development, discipleship and outreach. Can ministry mean more than […]

Kimberly’s summer recap with some awesome pictures… Sleeping bags. Sleeping bags. And more sleeping bags…. Socks scattered. socks in the family room. socks on the front porch. socks by the trampoline. mismatched socks in the laundry. Doors opening…and rarely shutting. letting in thick humidity and letting out paid-for electricity in the form of cool air. […]

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 […]

We ran into Danny’s former mentor, and he says, “Wait. I thought you were really sick. How are you doing?” Oops. Everyone got the update on Danny’s Lyme Disease Diagnosis, but we forgot to report the answer to prayer. Time for an Iverson Update! (The main praises and prayer requests are in bold) Lyme Disease […]

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 […]

This morning, I, thinking myself quite the clever “preschool homeschool mother”, got out a big bag of various buttons and my muffin pans. I doled out large piles of buttons to my two and four year olds and showed them how they could sort them according to color or size in the different muffin holes. […]