by Karen Treat | Jul 28, 2022 | Featured Image
The past two years we have weathered many storms. I wonder when we are going to find calm waters. At least for a while. And every summer I begin by hoping I will be refreshed and renewed by the time September rolls around. Yet, with...
by Kay Vander Vort | Jan 27, 2022 | Featured Image
It was just an ordinary Monday in January, freezing and icy outside. I was feeling sad and a little lonely (perhaps the January blahs) after all the excitement and connection with friends and family that I had so enjoyed during this past Christmas season. I decided to...
by Karen Wight Hoogheem | Nov 11, 2021 | Featured Image
A few weeks ago, my 11 year-old son tested positive for COVID. A few days later, my parents tested positive with breakthrough cases. Ever since the virus emerged in our communities, I was concerned that these three people in particular would become infected. All at...
by Karen Treat | Aug 11, 2021 | Featured Image
“Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can’t bear fruit unless you are joined with me.” John 15:4 (MSG) The summer of 2020 was a cinch...
by Mary Noble Garcia | Mar 15, 2021 | Featured Image
My dad is a professional portrait photographer, retired after almost 50 years of being in business. Working in a photography studio darkroom in high school he began his career and learned his trade in the days when he could take photos with his 35 mm camera, develop...
