June is half over, and I, for one, would like a refund on the first half! Wow, has it flown! With the summer months bound to fly by just as quickly, it’s time to select and purchase your fall Bible…
Change Happens: 3 Positive Elements to Focus on when It Does
The tarp that covered our “leftover” earthly goods (i.e., the ones that we hadn’t sent in the moving truck a few days earlier) appeared to flap excitedly down the highway as Joe drove his little red truck in front of…
How to Keep Calm in the Midst of Uncertain Change
I don’t recall that my mom ever yelled at us. Instead, her voice grew softer when she wanted us to stop quarreling, be still, and listen. In like manner, as the children of Israel were being chased, literally, by the…
But I’m Not a Mom
This post first appeared on the blog on May 9, 2014 and again on May 6, 2016 and May 12, 2017. Though I have removed one paragraph and tweaked a few words because my marital status has changed since the original post,…
An Open Letter of Gratitude to Mrs. Beneth Peters Jones
Sweet Mrs. Jones, To address this letter to you as “Beneth” would minimize its purpose. To simply address you as “friend” would minimize the length of years over which this letter is long overdue. To omit the word sweet would…