January 3, 2012 – 2:24 pm
As with everything, there is a reason that God led me to the book Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life by Charles Swindoll. It was one of those books that was found in the dusty corner of a thrift shop ministry. Each day, while reading this particular book, I am being challenged to re-build (with [...]
December 24, 2011 – 3:56 pm
“The Master is neither mute nor careless as He alters our times and changes our seasons. How wrong to trudge blindly and routinely through a lifetime of changing seasons without discovering answers to the new mysteries and learning to sing the new melodies! Seasons are designed to deepen us, to instruct us in the [...]
December 23, 2011 – 4:10 pm
The challenges and losses that our family has experienced and continue to experience this year have influenced our perspectives as we continue to make changes and re-evaluate what is significant in living a life well-lived.
December 18, 2011 – 2:02 pm
The month of December has been pretty chaotic and full of challenges for the B&W household. However, we are making our way through the storms much like I remember doing as a kid trying to walk to school over sheets of ice after an Alaskan storm (there were no snow days in that part of [...]
December 8, 2011 – 10:47 pm
So I was driving my car yesterday at 40 mph down a two lane road when suddenly out of nowhere my gas pedal, my brakes, and my steering wheel quit working. It was horrifying. No other words for it. It was like entering a time warp in a bad movie. But that’s not what this [...]
December 6, 2011 – 2:27 pm
The weather today in my neck of the woods: A bit chilly this morning with the smell of smoke in the air. They’re clearing yet more land around here which is disturbing. A simple pleasure: Running into my mom while shopping and having a great conversation with her. I am thankful: That the Fall [...]
December 1, 2011 – 1:18 pm
One of my greatest simple pleasures is to browse through thrift shops. Not the franchise ones like Goodwill or Salvation Army, but the more charitable ones. The shops that provide a variety of ministries to those that are in need. The ones that can only afford a small hole in the wall because all their [...]
