Sometimes, seemingly bad things happen so God can pour out His blessings! Our two children had been homeschooled most of their middle school and first high school years, then transitioned into a small Christian high school that had a...
For the last three years, I have been a part of the team that facilitates Alpha at The Fellowship. Alpha provides the opportunity in a small group setting to explore issues of life and faith and the basics of Christianity in a judgment-free...
My wife and I waited for several years after getting married before we decided to start our family. When she became pregnant, we were very excited – but then she suffered a miscarriage. It was a very difficult experience for...
My daughter loves to go to the park. There is one particular park that is her favorite and our family loves to ride our bicycles to this park. In February, when my wife and daughter went to the park, my daughter made a new...
I have only one Father (“who art in Heaven”), but God blessed me with a wonderful dad while I journey here on earth -- for which I am eternally grateful. God answered my prayer for him in his time of need and this is...
I was born in China. My father constantly put me down, saying I would never amount to anything or succeed. Even when I graduated with a degree in English, the first in my class to receive a job offer, he still responded...
When my daughter adopted a 13-year-old girl out of the foster care system, I knew it would be beyond difficult! But I certainly had no concept of the ongoing problems that would surface! Because she had been in a number of foster care...
My first two trips to the Holy Land are what I would call Israel 101. You follow Jesus’s life through Galilee from birth and throughout His ministry and then up to Jerusalem to walk through His last week before the Crucifixion and...
I started experiencing pain and abnormal bleeding a year ago. Through months of diagnostics, at least six uterine fibroids were found, one causing many issues including heavy and sporadic hemorrhaging. I was given three surgical options --...
We are inundated with alerts daily. The microwave makes noise when the muffin has been heated. The clothes dryer beeps when clothes are dry. The phone rings with an incoming call or a text message. God also loves to send us subtle...
