The Beauty of Silence

by | Dec 12, 2013 | Faith

We had a power outage last week that lasted just under an hour. It was evening, and in a split second, lights, video games, music, and all other noise came to a screeching halt. I knew my eleven-year-old would be startled, at the least. So I grabbed my phone and slid...

Balancing Technology

by | Dec 12, 2013 | Trends

This past month Twitter became a public company; you and I can owe a piece of the technology phenomenon by buying stock on the NY Stock Exchange. It opened at $45.10, and last I checked, it was trading in the low $40s. If you happened to buy Facebook when it was first...

Freedom from Unforgiveness

by | Dec 10, 2013 | Life Issues

This is the sixth story in our “Freedom From…” Series, an 8-week series featuring women who have faced adversity and found freedom in the process. It was a childhood hurt that Sarah carried with her into young adulthood, but the lesson it taught her about forgiveness...

When Your Sister Dies Too Young

by | Dec 9, 2013 | Life Issues

In my mind’s eye, she is larger than life – clear blue eyes still laughing, no more wrinkles than she had when she died at 28. While my own eyes have started to crinkle and form lines in the corners, she is still eternally young. While I peer anxiously at my roots to...

Keeping Track of Holiday Spending

by | Dec 9, 2013 | Financial

Of all of the five love languages, I connect most with gifts. I absolutely adore giving people gifts! Somehow the lights and shimmer of the Christmas season put me under a spell that doesn’t wear off until sometime in mid-January. So it should come as no surprise that...