by Linda Cherek | Dec 8, 2021 | Featured Image
In the last few days I have been decorating our tree and house to make it festive and exciting for our grandchildren with lots of Santa Bears, mangers that can be explored and played with, stockings hung on the mantle and placing all the angel ornaments on our special...
by Karen Treat | Dec 2, 2021 | Featured Image
“The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it” John 1:5 I wake in the morning before the sun begins her entrance. We could say I wake before dawn. “Dawn”. What a great word to describe this experience. The...
by Carolyn Kolovitz | Nov 17, 2021 | Featured Image
When I was a little girl, my December ritual was to sit beside the twinkling tree lights in our living room and imagine myself into the coffee table manger scene. I visualized myself with the shepherds underneath a Bethlehem sky full of angels until the angels and...
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 Lindsay McGlynn | Oct 28, 2021 | Featured Image
The other day a friend of mine offered a new way to understand patience. As he spoke of his 11-year-old son, he slowly and thoughtfully said, “Patience is a letting go.” When I think of myself at my most impatient moments, they are the times I am most wrapped up in...
