Balancing your “Plate of Life”

We’re all familiar with the phrase “too many things on my plate” in which we describe the busyness of our lives.  Balancing the things in life – those things that fill my “plate of life” – is a daily challenge.  No two days are ever alike.  Each new day...

And God Provides …

It is December 11th and I am sitting at my desk while the blizzard is roaring outside.  We are supposed to be delivering 250 Angel Tree gifts this morning around the city. (Angel Tree is the ministry of Prison Fellowship, the ministry that provides gifts from...

Catch my tears

It was a blur.  His mouth was moving but I can’t begin to tell you what he’s saying.  As I moved in and out of attentiveness I kept thinking, why?  It really didn’t make much sense to me.  This is the second time and I’ve seemingly done all the...

Cares of Life

Devotional Story: The breaks went out on the truck, the hot water heater is flooding our basement, a friend of mine just lost her job, another one is having marriage problems, and yet another friend is sick and has been for a very long time.  At times life can...

Not the Von Trapp Family

Looking through our family albums recently one thing stands out in regards to Christmas; we are steeped in tradition.  Some might look at the same albums and conclude that we are lacking in imagination, boring even, but I’m a “glass half-full” kind of gal and...