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For me, there is nothing more uncomfortable than an unfamiliar social setting where everyone is a stranger. I say this as someone who was once described as dysfunctionally extraverted. I can’t imagine what this experience...

I was out of town last weekend. We took a trip to Alexandria, Minnesota to visit my son. If you remember from previous Blog’s, my oldest son Nick struggled with drugs and alcohol for over...

Sunday mornings have changed for me over the past few years! I used to be the Mom who felt like I was frantically rolling into the church parking lot about 10:29am, praying there would...

“…for we cannot help but speak of what we have seen and heard.”   Acts 4:20 I read a story recently. And it’s so worth sharing. It’s a story of a woman, written by her...

Julian of Norwich was a 14th century English mystic. She is sometimes regarded as the patron saint of the anxious, which is appropriate for her work and her most famous quote: It behooved (was...

Fall is here. The kids are back in school. Sports are in full swing. Work is busy. Church activities are filling the calendar. The holidays are somehow already approaching. And if your family is...

Like myself, many of you watched the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Twin Towers in New York. For many of us, the memories remain remarkably vivid. The smoke rising over New York,...

Church isn’t just a place you go on Sunday. Church isn’t just an organization you become a member of. Church isn’t just a place you come to receive what you need for your own...

As our children and young people begin a new school year, they are stepping into new classrooms, new friendships, new challenges, and new opportunities. Some are excited, while others may be carrying nervousness, uncertainty,...

It was early August, but we were huddled under blankets trying to stay warm. Leaning back in our camp chairs, we were staring at the night skies waiting for the meteors to streak across...