One to Grow On

When have you experienced the most growth in your spiritual life?  Maybe it was as a new born-again Christian and you just absorbed information in whatever format it was available to you at the time.  If your parents or someone else was involved in you becoming a...

Seeing the Light

  Last week was a difficult week for me to get through, though not horrible in comparison to what could have been.  I spent several days trying to prepare part of our house for a construction project, which meant going through and moving a lot of things we had...

Timing

This past week, I forced myself to go through some things that I have been putting off for some time, because it has not been a priority to get them done.  It was not fun, it was physically demanding, it was a exhausting, it was emotionally difficult, and it made me...

Trouble

Wherever two of our children (aged 4 and 7) are playing with one another, it is fun to see them come up with storylines for one another and their toys, or whatever they are doing when they get along.  But that joy and peace usually only lasts for so long, as...

It Happens

Do you like surprises?  Maybe it depends on the surprise.  We tend to like surprises that benefit us, and not ones that make our day more difficult or costly.  Earlier this week on Tuesday morning, I was getting out oldest child up and ready for school while the...