Ah, Saturday confession. The day where I share something I’m learning about myself, or recently mastered, and feel it’s time to share. So if that’s your issue, you don’t feel so alone. What’s new is that you’re welcome to link up. If you have a confession, share it. Let’s kick isolation to the curb once…
Earlier this week I met with a great group of ladies as part of the Greater Youngstown Praise and Coffee chapter. My dear friend Maria was the speaker on the unexpected, and until Panera threw us out because they longed to go home, we all shared our unexpected stories and God’s hand through all of…
We’re in a season where God is asking our family to obey Him in a series of steps where we don’t know the outcome. It’s quite possible we could do a ton of work and there be no change to the situation. As in we did a lot of work for what will look like…
I’ve had a pool most of my life. My dad spent hours testing, adding chemicals, and cleaning to reap the reward of his daughters and their friends splashing most of the water out and giggling summers away. This year I realized what a science pool maintenance is. We went through a stretch where no matter…
Last week I read about retired NASCAR driver Dick Trickle’s suicide. My parents dated by attending races at the Chemung Racetrack where then amateur Geoff Bodine was always put last in line to see how fast he’d get up front and win. Once married and with children our parents continued to watch NASCAR, much to…
When people are skeptical about Christ’s ability to transform people today, I want to bring in people from my childhood to display as my Exhibit A. I was a wounded, angry child and my mouth was often far ahead of my brain. If I couldn’t say it in person, well I did the next best…