Love Covers… Like a heavy coat of heartfelt compassion enveloping cold hearted indifference. Love Covers… Like a loud heartbeat of conviction silencing mean-spirited gossip. Love Covers… Like a thick bandage of sincere encouragement wrapped around cutting criticism Love Covers… Like a protective awning of empathy overshadowing harsh judgment. Love Covers… Like a shower of mercy…
My 6’4” burly husband is a magnet for people in need. Ever since I can remember, hurting folks look to Mike for support, guidance, and sometimes even rescue. He always seems to capitalize on this gift as an opportunity to share God’s love. It’s one of the things I fell in love with when I…
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…
Three months after I was born, we moved to Hawaii. My father was an officer in the military stationed there, but my family enjoyed the beauty of the island while he served in Vietnam. I’m sure it was a challenging time for my mother, missing her husband and taking care of three children, but the…
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…
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…
