January 5, 2009A Special Day in HistoryI stumbled upon a couple of interesting web sites today. They both afford you the opportunity to review the events in history that occurred on any given day...

January 12, 2009Caring for People with DisabilitiesI can remember back about 12 years ago chatting with the architect about the new school facilities we were building for Stoneybrooke. He was trying...

January 19, 2008Basic Bible LiteracyA week ago on Jeopardy, the clue was”Jezebel’s husband”. None of the three contestants knew the answer was King Ahab. A day or so later, I was doing a crossword...

January 26, 2009Perseverance Counts!I confess to being a sports junkie. I was raised with a dad and two brothers who loved sports. I either got on the band wagon or I would have nothing to...

Monday, February 9, 2009“Yet I will…”I am disappointed. My Super Bowl team lost (great game though). Truth is, I have been disappointed before. I whined when my high school volleyball team didn’t...

February 16, 2009Don’t just say something encouraging, do something!I have been blessed with a lot of good training in my Christian life. I have been mentored by some of the best “encouragers” in...

February 23, 2009SarahI spent the last week or so back in Memphis, Tennessee attending a conference for the leaders of an amazing mission organization known as NICS (The Network of International...

March 2, 2009The Value of our ChildrenAn article in this morning’s paper caught my eye. It seems that a Louisiana woman is “accused of trading two young children in her care for a pet cockatoo and...

March 9, 2009 Monday Musing Admittedly I am a news junkie. I read several papers (hard copy or on line) every day. And recently I was introduced to a great web site (newseum.org) where you can click...

The Dot and the Line One of my favorite authors is Randy Alcorn. He has written many books, some are fictional stories (“Safely Home” is an incredible read) others are non-fictional works (everyone...

March 23, 2009“It is finished”If you pay attention to a liturgical calendar, you know that we are in the season of Lent (the 40 days or so before the Holy Week leading up to Easter). As I was...

March 30, 2009God is in Control!Time Magazine’s March 23rd issue features ten ideas that they believe are changing the world right now. Under the umbrella thought that the global economy is being...