Category: Essay

Still Waiting

This year, I have been doing something that I have never done before, celebrating Advent all December.  I have a book with daily Advent readings that I am reading (The Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp). Additionally, my fellow students and I met most evenings the… Continue Reading “Still Waiting”

Living Water

May I liken God to water? Growing up in a solid Christian home, I was born with my toes dipping into the water, and in childhood, I innocently splashed in the shallows of a great lake.  As I got older, I waded in a… Continue Reading “Living Water”

Do It

“Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”[i] The church isn’t made up of experts, just real people using the talents God has given them in ordinary ways. Extraordinary should not… Continue Reading “Do It”

Now I Know My ABC’s

Tips, anecdotes and confessions of a fifth year teacher in ABC’s, or in other words, “The ABC’s of teaching.”

Defined by God Alone

I still don’t know him real well and probably never will.  He was a friend of my cousins at one time, he traveled as a hobby to do short term missions, and ended up marrying my co-teachers sister.  I sang with him at a… Continue Reading “Defined by God Alone”