Do you love attending personal development workshops as much as I do? If your answer is no, please don’t stop reading. I think there still might be something in the next few words for you.
No one defines “down to earth” like Jesus. We use this phrase when we encounter someone who is grounded and genuine, real and relatable. But when deity decides to lay that aside, to step into the...
I walked down the stairs and peered through the foyer to our Christmas tree, where the gifts I had carefully wrapped for our children hid beneath the bottom branches. Seemingly out of nowhere, a pang...
God’s original intention in creating humanity was for people to live with Him as family. This began with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, preserving the human bloodline with Noah, and then in His...
Our kitchen buzzed with chaotic energy as parents and kids scrambled to get ready—lunches to pack, backpacks to be filled, and the clock was ticking louder with each passing second
In the beginning, God created a garden and humans to dwell within it. And while that garden was home for the woman and man, they weren’t left there alone. God was with them in the garden—not just...
As a math teacher, I went to a multi-day workshop for a new curriculum. The presenter asked us to gather around so she could demonstrate a project from the program. She didn’t have her space set up...
Thanksgiving Day can be bittersweet. It’s a time for reflection and reconnection. And with that comes recognition (or avoidance) of the highs and lows, laughter and tears, joy and sorrow of the...
During an in-service day as a middle school teacher in the city of Elgin, a gentleman spoke to us about students learning English as a second language. He described an assignment in which they were...