My first forays into blogging started eleven years ago on the old blogging platform Xanga. Setting my site up just five months before I joined Facebook, it was the place where friends shared thoughts, updates photos, and news. It was our primitive form of the News Feed. The community of […]
At a luncheon for the pastor’s wives this afternoon, the speaker made a fascinating point. Being hospitable–opening your home in a gracious way to guests–is something we are to focus on in the last days. But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in […]
Michigan Camp Meeting is here once again. And for the I-don’t-remember-how-many-th-time I had the privilege of participating the Sabbath School panel in the main auditorium. Being a part of the panel is always a tremendous blessing, and this year was no exception. We studied ideas coming out of this week’s […]
I am a ninja-in-training. At least that is what my supervisor at works tells me. The training has been going on for over a year now. Advocating for those who have been neglected and abused, and intervening in the lives of delinquent children with the hope of correcting their course […]
Hand holding. The earliest signs of a budding romance. Or the protective grasp of an adult on a child in their care. Or a sign of tender affection for a friend. For some reason, whenever I hear about hand holding, I can’t help but think of the Beatles song, “I […]
After failing all of last week in packing homemade lunches for work, this morning I pulled the fridge open anticipating some need for creativity in pulling together my brown bag given that we were out of town over the weekend and I had not yet made it to the grocery […]
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