Outside the Box

My grandpa passed away on Monday, December 18, 2017, and this is what I shared at his Celebration of Life service the following week.  ...

Do you know how you read familiar Bible passages over and over again and then one day, it’s like you are reading that same passage for the ...

What is blue and white, sucks hours out of your day, feeds drama into your life, builds convenient relationships, and creates a love-hate re...

These are the words I shared at my grandma's celebration/memorial service on Saturday.  This is what I always want to remember about her...

Five Minute Friday (#FMFparty) gives writers a word prompt. We are encouraged to write whatever comes to mind about that word in just five m...

The other day I googled "living with a deaf family member" in attempt to find something that would tell me how I'm supposed to...

For the first 21 years of my life, I was raised with living up to a standard and given the Christian Code of Conduct.  You live a certain wa...

Several books we received with our Sonlight Core B this year have prompted more indecision than anything else as education and secular world...

Tonight, our family was nervous about letting NoNut go to a new class at a new-to-us church with teachers we have never met before. It takes...

Last Sunday, our pastor focused on the role of women and referred to Proverbs 31.  He said one thing that rendered me speechless as the trut...

In a world that constantly pulls families apart through busy schedules, sports, activities, education, careers and entertainment, I can'...