When my brother graduated from high school, my dad gave him a small handwritten paper with some “life lessons” he passed on. My brother tucked the paper neatly in his wallet and treasured it for years. Every now and then he would take it out and reflect on the wisdom of the words. He received…
It was January 6, 2021. I turned on the television and saw people scaling the walls of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. I was heartbroken this was happening in America. In disbelief, I changed channels, only to see more terrible violence and outrage. My sorrow deepened. The worst sorrow I have ever experienced in my…
My fingers gripped the steering wheel tightly as the icy, blinding snow pelted down on my front windshield. Even though it was the middle of the afternoon, I could barely see the car twenty feet in front of me on I-95. The windshield wipers chattered noisily, defiantly reminding me once again that they needed replacing….
I was looking at a relative’s wish list for Christmas, and I thought of how different our desires become as we grow older and wiser. The older I get, the less material things mean to me. This year the best Christmas gift I could receive is to spend that day with my family. Most likely,…
It was while I was sitting in our weekly prayer meeting one Monday night when I first saw them. They were faces. I saw faces peering through the huge glass windows of our storefront at The 180 Center. So many faces. They were the countenances of people who were hungry and longing. Yearning for warmth…
Boom! A terrible storm plowed through our neighborhood and the last of the thunder seemed to put the exclamation mark on our evening. Even with a power outage, I somehow managed to create a delicious dinner and everyone was hungry. Looking across the table at my six year old son, I asked, “Mikey, can you you pray…
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…
We were restless. Mike owned a successful landscape company, our kids brought us great joy and drove us crazy; we enjoyed being active in our church and doing community outreaches, but we felt as if there was something more for us. We talked about going to a YWAM Crossroads Mission School in Hawaii. This…
