Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1-3. May your heart be filled with the freshness of spring And the gift of life only God can bring! John 11: 25-26 PS: This     read more

By guest blogger Vaneetha Rendall Risner “It wasn’t even nine in the morning and I was exhausted. My arms had completely given out, and I couldn’t dress myself. I didn’t want to go on like this. What was this day going to hold? “I cried out to the Lord, telling him all of this felt colossally unfair. I ended by     read more

I think I have successfully “sprung forward” an hour into daylight savings time and moved every clock in the house ahead an hour. But there’s always that one I seem to miss. Usually in the car… The exercise of physically changing the time is a wonderful opportunity to consciously loosen our grip on the past, celebrate bounce-back moments with changes     read more

Have you ever asked a child, “So, how was school today?” I bet you got a quick, “okay” or “fine,” for an answer. Right? After I returned from the Florida Christian Writers Conference a few folks have asked, “So, how was the conference?” If they were hoping for a quick, “great,” or “wonderful,” I sorely disappointed them. Instead I had     read more

So, how’s it going with those New Year Goals aka Resolutions? I’m doing better with my big ones: • “Pay attention to the small things and the big things will take care of themselves”. For me that means answering e-mails and filing papers the day they come across my desk, and keeping up with bookkeeping quarterly instead of having to     read more