Year: 2013

A Tribute To (My) Grandparents

          I love to watch kids with their grandparents. It doesn’t make sense.  You see, by kids’ normal standards, grandparents should […]

Same Old Same Old

Before Sunday evening prayer service, one our ministers allows people to share prayer needs with the congregation. We allow, even encourage, our children to speak […]

What If The Preacher Acted Just Like You ?

My kids occasionally make the mistake of saying that they have to help out with something around the church or act a certain way because […]

Dear Myself, Teen Edition

  Dear Teen Self, You are a great girl, an amazing creation of God, and you’re doing just fine.  However, there are a few things […]

Keep Catching Apes And Silly Elephants: Don’t Forget Those Silly Elephants

My husband is a professor at a seminary, teaching master’s degree students.  He holds a PhD in Religion from Temple University.  We were married the entire time […]

I Deserve What?

Walking down the corridor in the mall the other day I saw this advertisement. “YOU DESERVE TO WAKE UP HAPPY”. Really?  Why?  And how? The […]

The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But The Truth, So Help Me God

I just observed a lady, as I have so many other ladies, who is trying to hide her age. Her hair is dyed a dull […]

Bible Quizzing: A Great “Thing”

I think it’s very important for teens to have something positive they’re good at: something that is their “thing” during this phase of life where […]

The Emergency Room Church

Tonight I sit writing this in an emergency room, waiting and waiting. Don’t get all worried. It seems to be no big deal, and I’ll […]