If your e-mail inbox is anything like mine, it can become inundated with junk mail! Even the traditional paper mail I receive is most often ads and offers that I have no interest in. Much of the “spam” promises quick fixes to money woes, easy solutions to beauty flaws …

Autumn is my favorite time of year. I love all the changes that come with this season. Mornings become crisp and chilly encouraging me to bring out my cozy sweaters that were pushed to the back of my closet just last spring. Our wood pile, that had been so carefully an…

I don’t know much about my great-grandmother, other than her name and that my mother called her “Nana”. I do know that she married my great-grandfather in 1885 and they had three children, one of whom was my dear grandma. But, as for her personality, I don’t think I ha…

What comes to your mind when you think of spiritual “pruning”? Is pruning always an affliction or a trial we face in order to cause growth? Does it have to be a huge disaster or tragedy in order to cause something to be removed from our life?  Many times, yes. However,…

I was recently filling out a brainstorming form for our newly forming women’s ministry team. In it, members of the team were supposed to list what we felt women from different groups need or value in a ministry to women. The “groups” were loosely translated as being di…