by Gwen | Jul 2, 2018 | Faith, Gwen, Inspire
“God will protect you with his pinions; you’ll find refuge under his wings. His faithfulness is a protective shield.” Psalm 91:4 The way God created everything is astounding. Each creature is...
by Gwen | Jun 15, 2018 | Faith, Gwen, Inspire
Is it crazy how you can start off the day ready to tackle the world, and then BAM, it goes to pot. I had the most wonderful prayer time and enjoyed studying God’s word today, but you wouldn’t know it. You wouldn’t know it at all. We got two kittens...
by Shannon | Jun 11, 2018 | Inform, Shannon, World Issues
In just a short time from now, a historic meeting will be taking place. The president of our United States will be meeting with Kim Jon-un, the leader of North Korea. You may have been over-hearing about this meeting for some time now. It was on, it was off,...
by Shannon | May 23, 2018 | Encourage, Parenting, Shannon
A lifetime ago…or maybe just a childhood ago….I stood over an isolate in the NICU staring at a wrinkly smushed little creature with a purplish bruised head. He was hooked up to wires and tubes as the machines around him hummed and beeped and I put my carefully washed...
by Shannon | May 22, 2018 | Faith, Inspire, Shannon
About seven years ago I made a promise to myself. Every year, on the anniversary of the Joplin tornado, I would read THIS POST I had written about what my family had experienced that Sunday afternoon. I would read it and remember. I would remember what God did for us....
by Gwen | Mar 30, 2018 | Faith, Gwen
I read the other day that Jesus couldn’t wait to get to the cross. He was clawing His way to get there. That’s ridiculous! I get so mad every time I think about it! Today, Good Friday, always gets me. It has a shadow on it – a sadness. Throughout...
by Shannon | Feb 27, 2018 | Encourage, Life in general, Shannon
You know how sometimes God puts a book in your hands that PERFECTLY speaks to you and the place you’re living in at that exact moment? Yeah. That. I’ve been reading this book called Daring to Hope by Katie Davis Majors that’s doing just that for me....
by Gwen | Feb 18, 2018 | Encourage, Friendship, Gwen
My 17 year old son says that the movie, The Greatest Showman, has changed his life. He has seen it three times. I’ve been only once, but it does have a profound effect on any age. (If you didn’t see the movie) The movie is based on the life of PT...
by Shannon | Jan 21, 2018 | Empower, Exercise, Shannon
I may be in the (gulp) fifth decade of my life…but I’m still learning some stuff. For instance–even though I seem to be an entirely different person from whom I was 35 years ago….I still have SOME of the same tastes. Perfect example: creme...
by Shannon | Jan 7, 2018 | Faith, Shannon
Hope. It is the best of feelings, It is the worst of feelings. (And yes, I think ‘ol Charles Dickens would totally agree.) Hope can be the only light to get you through an incredibly dark situation. It can be the one thing that keeps you hanging onto a lifeline...
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