Written by Vicki Willoughby
It has been said that words frame our world. I’ve found that learning to guide my tongue can be a real challenge. Lately I have turned my thoughts to how I am using my words and how they are...
Written by Jodie Maczek
Recently I met a young lady who inspired me to think more deeply about how I approach trials—and joy. Last month I interviewed a young lady for a position in the company I work for. When I...
Written by Gloria Diliberto
The choices of the past were much more limited. But with all our modern materialistic options, are we being pulled away from what is truly important? In the not-too-distant past people...
Written by Susan Scott Smith
“So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom” (Psalm 90:12). As birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, retirement parties or anniversaries of loved ones’...
Written by Andrea West
From time to time we catch a glimpse of what God has done for us. A recent glimpse came to me while I played with my 4-year-old granddaughter and Play-Doh. One of our greatest pleasures since my...
Written by Cathy Castillano
I chose not to make annual (New Year’s) resolutions because I found a practice that was more effective for me: daily resolutions! Last week, a friend’s 2012 New Year’s resolution...
Written by Becky Bennett
Spending time getting to know new people at church services is a special opportunity! We all want our congregations to be warm, friendly and inviting to visitors—those who are traveling...
Written by Becky Bennett
Life produces plenty of opportunities to meet new people. Spending time with new people at church is one of the more special and enjoyable ones! If church is the way it should be, most of us look...
Written by Karen Meeker
An estimated 795,000 strokes occurred in the United States in 2010, often during sleep. The victims awoke to a world that had forever changed. So had the lives of their loved ones. When Margaret...