by Sonja Hopkins | Jun 19, 2020 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
This is part two in a three-part series about the gifts others are in our lives. To read part one, click here. This part, part two, is a letter Sonja wrote to her family after Ruby’s memorial service (with some minor changes made for clarity by the editor)....
by Walter Penning | Aug 14, 2019 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
What we value forever makes a difference. I am not a great cook. Gratefully this is one of the skills shared by my wife and daughters. Therefore, I benefit every day. Every day! Before writing this article, I thought about whether I should reveal upfront...
by Patty Sampson | May 27, 2019 | Patty Sampson: Christian Life
Family has not always been my favorite subject. When I was a teenager, I was way too cool for my parents, and my siblings were nothing but an annoyance — and there were plenty of them to annoy me. I was a real pain in the butt whenever my parents tried to gather the...
by Tudie Rose | Jun 20, 2017 | Tudie Rose: Strengthening Our Faith
For a number of years my extended family kept in touch via family e-mail. Often someone would say something like, “Do you remember …?” Or someone would tell a story from our childhood and everyone else would jump on with comments. It didn’t take me long to figure out...
by Rachel Wagner | Jun 6, 2016 | Home and Family
Recently we celebrated Memorial Day and I wanted to think of a war movie that would be appropriate for a family film recommendation. Most war films are rightly rated R (it is war after all and war is R rated) but I have made a commitment to not pick an R rated film...
