“With all my heart I want your blessings. Be merciful as you promised.” (Psalms 119:58) NLT In this season of giving thanks, as I count my blessings, two amazing moms are at the top of my list (both celebrating birthdays this month): one who gave me life and one who gave me her first son. Currently,...
Fall has always been my favorite time of year. The temperature’s cooling, the leaves falling, the baseball postseason starting, and Thanksgiving arriving. It’s just a wonderful combination of nature’s beauty and spending more time with friends and family. It’s also the joy of knowing that Christmas is right around the corner. Sometimes with things, however,...
On a recent trip to Virginia, I visited Calvary Chapel Roanoke. On the drive down, I had listened to the Pastor’s latest sermon and expected to hear more from him on the book of John. He was away that weekend with the youth group. The guest speaker gave an enlightening sermon on the book of...
I am the type of person that will run from any preparation that needs to get done. Majority of my life I have been just ‘winging’ plans, chores, packing, the list can go on and on of the things that I put off. My thought was always ‘it will all work out’ regardless of the effort...
This semester our son Daniel has an internship in which he is working a whole work week over the next several months for an engineering company in Cherry Hill. Daniel rarely gives us any real issues, and what a blessing that the Lord has given him such a brilliant mind, but to be honest, I...
In a world of ridiculously silly “Appreciation Days” (Hallmark/Facebook creations, Oldest, Middle, Youngest Son or Daughters, best friend’s second cousins cat…etc) there’s another one coming up on October 9th, Pastor Appreciation Day. It’s nice to appreciate things and people but it seems a bit ingenuous and with shallow sincerity when pressured to mimic the other...
“But you are a God of forgiveness…slow to become angry, and full of love and mercy; you didn’t abandon them.” (Nehemiah 9:17) Ever wonder how different the world would be if you were in charge? In the movie Bruce Almighty, God briefly bestowed all of his tasks upon the main character. Bruce Nolan had big...
After hearing “talk” for years about how the middle school in the town I teach in will move all 6th grade classes there, it finally came to reality this school year. Construction was completed over the summer and we were ready to move in! All 6th grades were always housed in all of our elementary...
Before I clicked off the call, doubt and worry were creeping into my mind. How would I navigate the mountain roads at night, engulfed in darkness? I would never find my way from one station to the next. What would happen if I got lost, with all his necessities in my car? Fear rapidly reared...
I will never forget the morning my husband and I took our children to the playground. It was early in the morning and the weather was beautiful so we decided to take them out so they can get some fresh air. At the playground I saw my son who is two years old on top...
