I am a mom to four kids, and my oldest started high school this year. While she has an old phone with no data service, we have never allowed her to have social media access. My first excuse was that Instagram, the app that interested her, says you need to be thirteen years old to…
Some of my earliest memories are related to my fear of the dark. I’ve heard people say they aren’t afraid of the dark, but of what’s in the dark. Not me! I lay full blame on the dark. Darkness conceals things that aren’t allowed to bother you in the daytime. When I was little, I…
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the…
For many years, I worked for a small, liberal arts college. Like many other institutions of higher education, they were working hard to manage rising tuition costs, decreasing numbers of traditional college students, and maintaining competitive salaries for staff and faculty. During the years I was there, the leadership changed a couple of times. But…
My gardens have runneth over. The forty-eight tomatoes I planted back in May didn’t seem like enough to feed my family their favorite tomato-based foods for the next year. But in August? I’m harvesting five-gallon buckets full of the luscious red orbs, cooking them down with seasonings, and canning them for future feasts. Transplanting those…
My husband and I are planting a church in northwest Denver. As a church planter, I cannot fathom all of the residual effects the novel coronavirus will have on our society, but I do see some excellent learnings for the church in it already. If you have been around a church at all, most likely…