So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the Keep reading →

I wrote this poem about my mother over a decade ago.  She left this earth at the young age of fifty-nine after a life of hardship dealing with epilepsy and raising three of her own children and three step-sons. Looking back I see how courageous she was.  She didn’t have the resources we all take Keep reading →

I just caught a glance of the holiday card still hanging on my refrigerator, long past the season.  I leave it there because I like to look at the pictures on it….pictures of my daughter, grandson, and son-in-law.  Tonight, as it caught my eye, the words “courageous” and “strong” went through my mind.  Yes, they Keep reading →

As I was sitting in the bleachers today, watching my eight year-old grandson’s baseball game, the words of a poem I wrote kept going through my mind…..”if we walk a little slower, they won’t lag behind”.  You see, this was not your average baseball game.  There were only two innings and the players were not Keep reading →