Christmas Podcast Episode #2

Time when we are young is simple and slow--remember the last five minutes before recess going by soooo slowly? Later in life, there doesn't seem to be nearly enough time to do all that we want to do! But, instead of lamenting over all of the things it seems we may...

I am amazed at how lazy our minds can be when we let them go! Lazy in the sense that if we haven't taught ourselves to dwell in positive places, places of clarity and light, we'll most likely be tolerating negative looping thought patterns. And let's face it, our...

Ever played the game where you're supposed to share something that no one would know about you and then sometimes the game morphs into taking turns telling the most embarrassing moments we can remember? I have. And it seems that over time {thank heaven!} those...

Old faded tires lean against railroad tie posts, dried gold and brown wisps of grasses softening the black, sunken rounding edges. Our garden tiller stands motionless, framed by crisp blue sky, in the shade of a yellow turning poplar; It's teeth stopped but still...

If you will aim to compliment, or balance your spouse as an opposite perspective on the same team, instead of feeling the need to compete with him, asserting that your perspective is the correct one, you and your family will win in a big way. That's all. Except I'd...

"Mother Teresa was considered a saint because she was seen to personify an idea: to love God and to love one's neighbor. And yet, what she did was so simple that each one of us can do it--in fact, must do it, if we are to obey the command of Christ: to feed the...

Do you ever draw a complete blank when it comes to thinking of meals to plan for the coming week? I do! If you're trying to pull menus out of your head, you'll most likely be eating the same 4-5 meals in some kind of rotation. And that gets pretty old doesn't it? So,...