My stress level had reached its peak. If ever I was at my wits' end, it was that morning one year ago when I woke up in a house I didn't want to live in anymore on a mattress resting on the floor among endless stacks of packed and half-packed boxes. Not a stick of furniture … [Read more...]
Seeing Treasures in the Bleakness
I am not a fan of winter. Cold weather, layered clothing, and dreary skies just don't appeal to me. Snow makes it more tolerable, at least from a visual standpoint, but snow is really cold and really confining. Not that we get a lot of snow most years anyway. No, … [Read more...]
Why Christian Symbols in the Home are Important
It's something I don't see as often anymore, but as a child I remember many of my Christian friends having giant family Bibles on display in their homes. Now these were hardly practical, easy-to-use Bibles. We had one ourselves that we displayed atop our massive 1970s stereo cabinet -- the … [Read more...]