by Valerie Steimle | Feb 15, 2020 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
Several months ago, a sister who I had never seen at church before was seated a few rows in front and to the side of me. What was special about this woman was she had brought her dog. It was a big dog — a really big dog. Okay, I know you’re thinking what I was: this...
by Amy Carpenter | Jan 24, 2020 | Amy Carpenter: The Strength to Endure
Today, on National Compliment Day, I can’t help thinking of a Mark Twain quote that I love: “I can live for two months on a good compliment.” That’s a sentiment I totally understand. As a “words of affirmation” kind of gal,...
by Walter Penning | Jan 22, 2020 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
Do you ever feel clumsy? I do too. Financial fears, economic obstacles, and commandments I just can’t seem to keep are just the beginning. The list of self-deprecating sentiments goes on. I’m just not good enough. I fall so far short. I’ll never measure...
by Sonja Hopkins | Jan 10, 2020 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
Blog posts are the “media age” journals, a way of recording the data your life experience has stored in your mind. Rereading them (whether you or your children are doing the reading!) is a way of ‘mining’ that data in order to come up with ‘reusable solutions.’...
by Sonja Hopkins | Nov 29, 2019 | Sonja Hopkins: Sonja's Safe Harbor
Parents may think their job is to raise their children to be productive contributors to society. Truth is, raising children teaches you all the things you refused to learn when you were a child! The gifts your children bring will either make you or break you....
