Tap, tap, tap… What?  God, I’m really busy right now – got a lot on my mind.  Knock, knock, knock… Okay, okay, Lord, what was it again that you wanted to tell me?  Say what?  Well, maybe I’ll do that later, but not now – too embarrassing! Have you heard that knocking in your heart?  … More Getting Baptized – For Real This Time!

Ah, today is Easter.  A day when we watch bunnies hopping around, and see kids laugh and giggle as they go and hunt for brightly-colored eggs.  Families get together to eat a wonderful meal, and then perhaps they play games together, or go for a walk around the neighborhood.  Easter means springtime is officially here! … More To Hop, Or Not To Hop?

I try hard – I mean really hard – to keep my mouth shut when I’m invited to sit in on any sort of leadership meeting, but sometimes I just can’t!  Sometimes I feel like I’m going to just burst out of my chair, and despite how much I’m praying to maintain calmness, I just … More When Ya Gotta Talk, Ya Gotta Talk

Well it’s certainly interesting how our minds work, isn’t it?  Of course I’m positive that you all think just like me, so I’m lumping you into this too.  And, after reading through this post, if you truly don’t ever struggle with this same thing – please give me lessons on how you’ve been so successful! … More Keep Believing – Don’t Give Up!

You know it amuses me how we “think” we know why God has sent us somewhere, but then it turns out that there was a lot more to God’s plans then we’d thought.  So it was at my job with the labeling manufacturing company (Gee, I’m Sorry, But I Need To Quit). The owner of … More Trying To Witness To Those I’d Come To Love

Yes indeed-y, I had found a sure-fire way to get out of my job (Whoa, What Did I Get Into?).  I mean really, what a perfect excuse – I needed to stay home with Jeffrey for the summer as he still was unable to take care of himself. As May rolled around I put my … More Gee, I’m Sorry, But I Need To Quit

Yep, my life was comin’ up roses.  Things were settling into place.  I now even had a new job where the owner of the company had agreed to let me work part-time around Jeffrey’s school schedule (Hey-Ho, Hey-Ho, It’s Back To Work I Go). I was excited yet extremely nervous as I entered my new … More Whoa, What Did I Get Into?

Yay!  We had Jeffrey firmly placed in his new school (Jeffrey Starts Middle School), and now had a church home (Church Shopping).  But unfortunately we realized that our finances were dwindling rapidly, and I knew that I needed to find a part-time job.  I was sure it wasn’t going to be easy as Jeffrey was … More Hey-Ho, Hey-Ho, It’s Back To Work I Go

I really don’t like the name of this post, but it’s actually what we did once we settled into our new home in Oregon and got Jeffrey all set up and ready to go at his new school (Jeffrey Starts Middle School).  We missed our family and friends from up in the Seattle area, and … More Church Shopping

So here you are.  You look at your calendar and you see a big (perceivably stinky) meeting coming up in a week … in a couple days … then tomorrow … and you’re starting to do a little inside-panicking.  Quite frankly, you are just dreading this meeting, but you know it needs to be done. Well … More Jeffrey Starts Middle School