By Katie Heid Holiday music is now blasting over department store loudspeakers, signaling the official start of Thanksgiving and Christmas. The joyous season of hospitality is here, bringing with it feelings of excitement, nostalgia, exhaustion, panic, weeping, wailing, and gnashing…
By Kristen Wells So what do we do? How do we turn our pain into joy and our sorrow into contentment? The blessing for us is God gave us instructions on this very thing!!! First off ~ we put our…
By Kristen Wells You stand blind and barefoot among the looming trees of the threatening forest. Hopelessness encapsulates your thoughts as you struggle with feeling stuck, lost and alone… This is what life can feel like when trials and tribulations…
By Kristen Wells We hear the word “love” thrown around a lot these days. With the world the way it is ~ all the backbiting and ridicule ~ many people are talking about loving one another, but what does that really mean?…
By Bonnie Fair This was going to be the year I grabbed Christmas by the horns. I started early. The Douglas-fir with its scent of fresh pine just right was purchased and decorated before the turkey was carved and consumed. Boxes from…