Fear masquerades itself in so many costumes. Its chief aim is to bring rigid paralysis or disabling panic. Fear came knocking on my door this week. It caught me off guard. I didn’t recognize it. A challenging experience where I confronted fear of man and failed to follow my own convictions, plus a scary twist…
Growing up, I remember my family ate dinner in the den watching Walter Cronkite deliver the news every night. We had a set of foldable TV trays and we set up five trays when dinner was ready. While we ate, our visual diet consisted of political unrest, economic updates, tragic events, and many conflicts throughout…
Shortly after I was born, my father led his family across the United States from Fort Lee, Virginia, to the West Coast. His family of five boarded a ship to travel on the Pacific to Schofield Barracks in Oahu, Hawaii. I don’t remember the trip, but I’m sure it must have been a challenging one…
It happened at Tom and Heidi’s home. This precious couple have a way of reaching out and wrapping their arms of love around everyone they meet. Mike and I were fortunate to be part of their catch that night. We navigated through a sea of others to the delicious buffet of food in the kitchen….
When we moved into our neighborhood eight years ago, we had no idea we were moving next door to lovebirds. After almost 50 years of marriage, Stanley and Barbara’s passion for each other was undeniably sweet. They were not only the cutest couple, but the most inseparable. Every time we saw Stanley, there was…
When Mike and I first came to Connecticut, we attended Gateway Christian Fellowship in West Haven, experiencing passionate worship and compelling preaching. With a missions background, we were eager to get involved in outreach. We discovered our call serving food at the men’s shelter in New Haven twice a month. It felt fulfilling to prepare…
In elementary school I won the spelling bee for my school district. I won on the word achieve. I will never forget that day. A local newspaper snapped a photo of me holding my trophy, smiling from ear to ear, standing next to my parents and Mr. Fairman, my favorite teacher in the world. The…
