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Last Monday evening we had some severe weather roll through our area. I was getting dinner ready and had told the kids to come inside from playing. My husband had gone out to run an errand and my phone started blowing up with people checking on us due to the storms. My town does not […]

My daily commute consists of driving to and from work on Central Expressway, Hwy 75. It’s your standard highway, with all of your usual suspects commuting with you- the speeder, the weaver that weaves in and out of all the lanes, the turtle in the fast lane, the turtle in the slow lane and everyone […]

My daily commute consists of driving to and from work on Central Expressway, Hwy 75. It’s your standard highway, with all of your usual suspects commuting with you- the speeder, the weaver that weaves in and out of all the lanes, the turtle in the fast lane, the turtle in the slow lane and everyone […]

My daily commute consists of driving to and from work on Central Expressway, Hwy 75. It’s your standard highway, with all of your usual suspects commuting with you- the speeder, the weaver that weaves in and out of all the lanes, the turtle in the fast lane, the turtle in the slow lane and everyone […]

Here’s some honest truth from this side of the screen. I have been in a valley for a while. It’s not the scary kind, but it’s still a low point. Many of our posts last year told the story of how several of us lost our Pastor due to Covid. Our family fasted and prayed […]

The saying goes that the only person that likes change is a wet baby. I fully embrace this phrase. I do not like change. I can be a slow adapter. I know this about myself and try to keep it in check. When I can sense that change is coming, I start mentally preparing myself […]

One of my favorite stories in the Bible is after the resurrection, when Jesus appears to his disciples who have returned to fishing. Simon Peter goes fishing and takes several of his disciple friends with him. They fish all night and end up with empty nets. Jesus stands on the shore and tells them to […]

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 […]

It was 8:15 pm. We sat down for family prayer. We read the designated portion and exchanged our prayer requests for the night. As my daughter prepared to pray, she reviewed the requests out loud. Once she recalled them confidently, she closed her eyes to pray. But instead of “Our heavenly father…” she said “Okay, […]

In 1 Kings chapter 19, we encounter an exhausted Elijah. He prays to die and the Lord provides him with fresh bread and water. He goes into the cave and then experiences the majestic presence of God in the form of a gentle whisper. God asks him twice “What are you doing here?” Elijah responds […]