by Melinda Nelson | Nov 24, 2014 | Life Issues
God often surprises me; how could he not when he is God? But sometimes I am taken aback with how intentional and delicate he is in his love and care of each of us. I was recently reflecting on the Words Matter Conference from a few weeks back and although I knew a...
by Tara Tollefson Gronhovd | Nov 10, 2014 | Life Issues
This whole empty nesting thing is for the birds. Seriously, you can have it. I’m too young and too tied to my identity as a Mom to embrace it. At the time of writing this, it’s been less than 48 hours and yet I woke up this morning feeling like I’m...
by Kathy Banta | Oct 27, 2014 | Life Issues
Yesterday, a contractor came to our house to give us an estimate for laying wood flooring. Our carpet is near shot and its due time. As he talked through our options, he began to tell us what improvements we should make to our kitchen too. He suggested granite...
by Nancy Holte | Oct 13, 2014 | Life Issues
Last October my friend invited me to participate in Infant Loss Awareness day on Facebook by telling my story. But my story was already 35 years old, and I really wasn’t sure anyone would want to hear it. Most people that had known about the loss of our first baby had...
by Kendra Egeland Roehl | Oct 9, 2014 | Life Issues
Just this past week our garage door up and died, the morning my husband left on a weeklong business trip. And as I’m standing in my garage looking at my door that is completely ajar — listening to the garage door repair man talk about door differences, tracks,...
by Jolene Erlacher | Sep 22, 2014 | Life Issues
We have all been there. At a party surrounded by laughter, conversation, and energy yet feeling like we are in a bubble separate from everyone else, unable to connect with or relate to the interactions around us. I was at a conference by myself this weekend in a new...
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