Perchance to Dream
by Joel Hoffschneider “In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for …
Battle Ready
Only one thing makes us battle ready—a soul at rest. In 2013, my 19-year-old son entered Hospice Care, my 15-year-old son spent seven weeks in the hospital after a benign tumor was removed from his spinal cord, …
Compassion Fatigue: Life in the Trench
This is the third of a three part series Brenda wrote in the fall of 2017. Some of us are living life “in over our heads” meeting critical needs of others morning, noon, and night. Boundaries blur. …
Shift the Atmosphere
Rest is physical. Rest is emotional. Rest is mental and spiritual. Rest is a tangible expression of God’s presence. . . In Exodus 33:14 God’s promise to Moses (then – and to us today is. . . …
Proverbs 8 for 2017
To fully enjoy the brilliance of a morning sunrise or an evening sunset, you have to look – and then pause. So, too, to the brilliance and love of God. Proverbs 8:34-35 invites us to look, listen …