• I applied for a job once. It was about ten minutes away from home. I could easily pick up my kids after school. Flexible schedule. Reasonable expectations. I imagined myself working with the team there and got excited. It really was a great fit for me. Except for the fact that they didn’t want me.  […]

  • My kids have been back at school for 2 weeks now.  The weeks before are always filled with anticipation- and dread.  They eagerly await the email that says who their teacher will be for the year.  This year, my son started middle school, so he had a full on schedule with 8 periods and their […]

  • The last several weeks have been really difficult for our family. We lost our pastor to Covid. In his time as our pastor, he had changed the atmosphere at our church. He had brought as back to the basics and challenged us to be better humans and better Christians. As a family, we fasted and […]

  • When I was 16 years old, I had my first job as an “orderly” at a hospital.  I was entrusted with transporting patients to and from the radiology department.   I’m not sure what the patients thought when they saw me coming with the wheelchair or stretcher, but thankfully, we all survived. It’s not something […]

  • Every year, my son plays basketball through the Upward program. Upward is a church based sports program. The kids are taught Bible lessons and verses along with basic mechanics of the game.  For the younger kids, they don’t keep score, and the focus, instead, is meant to be on sportsmanship and teamwork.  But, as we […]

  • I have an irrational fear. I take that back… I have several irrational fears.  Most of mine are about driving… I have an irrational fear of cars coming unhooked from car haulers on the highway. (I think that one is from the movies!) I have a fear of the retaining walls that they put up […]

  • I was at the Department of Public Safety (DPS) office last week….for 7 hours. Six and a half of those hours were spent waiting….and waiting… with about 500 of my closest friends. We all tightly clutched our tickets, with the same tired expression, hoping our number would pop up on the screen. Hour #1: I […]

  • Dear Friend, Has it been one of those days, weeks or months for you? Perhaps you are hurt and feeling broken. Maybe you are devastated by life-altering news. It’s hard not to feel overwhelmed, isn’t it? It’s even more challenging when you think that no one cares or understands. With darkness and despair all around you, […]

  • Summer vacation was not all fun and games for me when I was growing up.  My dad gave us assignments like book reports on a topic from the encyclopedia and dropped us off at the library for hours. We groaned, but giving us work to do likely kept us out of trouble during those long […]

  • In the Bible, we read about Job.  The faithful servant of God who was caught between a dialogue between God and Satan.  Job’s life of integrity towards God ultimately is what ended up turning his life upside down. As he talks with his friends, Job starts to complain.  But his friends weren’t having it.  They […]