Yesterday I lost something very dear to me. Normally, I am not that passionate about material possessions. I try to stay detached so that I don’t get fixed on the “stuff” of life. But there are a few things that mean a great deal to me, and this was one of them. There was a lot...
As Christians, there are many things we say out of habit. We say, “God bless you,” when someone sneezes, even if we do not actually mean to invoke a blessing on the person. We say, “Peace be with you,” in church without necessarily thinking about what offering the peace...
As a parent of two young children, I have had to readjust how I do about pretty much everything. Grocery shopping is one of the trickiest. My current method is to put my oldest in the shopping cart seat (luckily she is still small enough for that) and to put my youngest on my chest in a baby...