We recently traveled with my parents to see the Ark Encounter in Kentucky. A bucket list item for my dad and certainly something we’d heard enough about to make us want to go and...

As some of you may know, I have some controversial opinions and feelings toward Confirmation. Not necessarily the Rite, but the Process and the way we treat it. For years, we’ve treated the process...

One of the things that I have been researching, on top of the normal children’s ministry events, is parent-led ministry in the home. The reason I have spent a decent amount of time on...

Recently, I found this story tucked away in some files I was cleaning out.  I don’t remember where it came from.  I don’t remember who wrote it.  But it’s a story that reminded me,...

As many of you know, we have had some interesting situations involving some of the homeless people that tend to use our property as a thoroughfare between the light rail and the Walmart. Some...

Have you ever researched something so much that you become an expert in the theory of an activity? That was me and snowboarding back in February. I watched HOURS worth of YouTube videos of...

Recently, my husband and I travelled to Nebraska with 2 of our grandsons. We went to visit my parents and to take the kids to the county fair (which is a big deal where...

For my first blog post, I would like to share all of my good ideas with you. Not really. This post was hard for me. I don’t normally talk with adults. As the Children’s...

Well, after 25 years as the Senior Pastor at Peace, my brother, confidant, encourager and best friend, Pastor Dave Ahlman retired.  There was a reception last Sunday at a large venue in Westminster.  If...

Grandpa, some ninety plus years, sat feebly on the patio bench. He didn’t move, just sat with his head down staring at his hands. When I sat down beside him he didn’t acknowledge my...