An Open Invitation

By Allison Bucher My husband and I recently became homeowners, and after refinishing floors, painting walls, assembling furniture, and deep cleaning just about everything, it’s finally starting to feel like home. But the thing nobody told me about being a...

Joy In All Seasons

By Allison Bucher It’s almost fall again. Which means that while we change into our flannels, the trees change into their autumn ball gowns in anticipation of the coming season. Isn’t it funny how they just seem to know? They light themselves on fire, dancing in the...

You Can Go Now

By Melody Vanosdol God is always faithful. I’m still working on it. It’s interesting the facts that you remember. One Saturday evening in January of ‘24, I let the dog out to potty.  It was 21 degrees Fahrenheit and daylight. I noted that because Sparky was...

Yielding to God’s Will

By Teri Rolfes After years of trying to figure out what I wanted to be “when I grew up” and a variety of occupations, mostly clerical in nature, I ended up working in education as a school secretary and classroom aide, serving special needs students in...

God Is in the Breeze

By Melody Vanosdol God is always faithful. I’m still working on it. I’m in the Florida Keys on vacation with friends as I write this. I can’t begin to afford a vacation like this as a single teacher, but my generous friends are wealthy and love me....