Why do we think it’s weak to stop and get off the hamster wheel for a bit? Why do we feel guilty for sitting on a park bench and enjoying the beautiful flowers or pulling on a hoodie in the…
Believers and the Bewildering Truths of Suicide
September 10, 2015. Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. STOP. I literally beg you not to log out, close this post, or predetermine that this will be a “downer” post. I need you to read this. You need you to…
How to Write a Faith-Based Blog Post when Your Walk of Faith Feels Weak
You’ve been there. I know you have. Because I have, and I’m one of you: a person—a person in need of grace…lots and lots of grace. Yet, like you, I’ve battled with not being good enough, pretty enough, wealthy enough,…
Is Your Life Jacket On?
Today’s blog post was written for Petals from the Basket by “Grandma” (my mom, Lorraine Strohbehn). ___________ For a few days over the Fourth of July, my daughter and I visited another of my daughters and her family. My son-in-law…
Hospitality is Easier than It Looks!
I don’t remember too many weeks from my childhood when we didn’t have someone in our home for coffee, a meal, game night, or any other number of reasons. But as I’ve grown older (okay fine: much, much older), I’ve…