Category: Faith in Families

Spiritual Pride

Although I have made a lot of progress toward grace, I must confess that I have not been able to free myself completely from some of the legalistic “rules” I was taught as a young believer.  I suppose I am…

Service With A Smile

By Katie Heid My oldest son wants to be a comedian when he grows up.  Currently, he’s learning from the best by watching my DVDs of Seinfeld.  (If you do not think Seinfeld is the greatest show of all time, sit down, rethink…

Night Falls… once more

Night falls, oh yes, it does.  The four dark corners untangle from the heavens falling in gentle folds sliding under the stars, and settling with great tenderness upon my world covering all the broken pieces of the day with the…

Bird Out of the Snare

By Sherma-Jacqueline Felix Over the years I have gotten myself caught in more snares and traps than I care to remember.  And then there were the ones that satan also set up for me and I fell right in.  But,…

September 11: Then and Now

By Katie Heid Every generation has one collective catastrophic event where all members can recall in detail where they were when a certain tragedy struck.  My grandparents remember where they were when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.  My parents and mother-in-law…