by Christine Bell | Sep 9, 2020 | Christine Bell--Genealogy
This past Mother’s Day, I spent a lot of time looking at old family pictures. My mother, who died way too young, has now been gone forty years and so I can only connect with her through old photos and my memories. I found a picture of my mom and I when I was...
by Sonja Hopkins | Jul 24, 2020 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
“And they [the vessels] were built after a manner that they were exceeding tight, even that they would hold water like unto a dish; and the sides thereof were tight like unto a dish; and the ends thereof were peaked; and the top thereof was tight like unto a...
by Valerie Steimle | Jun 25, 2020 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
A few months ago my husband’s son was excited to show us an HBO documentary mini-series about Chernobyl. For those who don’t know, Chernobyl was a place in Russia (then the USSR under Communist rule) where a nuclear power plant near the city of Pripyat exploded in...
by Tudie Rose | Jun 9, 2020 | Tudie Rose: Strengthening Our Faith
Since I was a little girl, I’ve been fascinated by handblown glass and glassblowers. Glassblowers are fascinating artists. This week I’ve been watching a show where glassblowers compete for scholarship money. They are given a specific assignment with a time limit to...
by Ashley Dewey | Jun 5, 2020 | Ashley Dewey: A Light in the Darkness
Fires, racism, and violence across the nation are pulling at our attention. Coming directly off a pandemic, people are not in a very strong place emotionally and feel as though they cannot handle all that is being thrown at them. It is easy to get caught up in the...
