and my thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:9 ( Read more... )

I was convicted recently by a poem that aired on Focus on the Family. I thought I would share it with you ( Read more... )

I'm thrilled to say that as of last Friday, Dan and I are the proud parents of two beautiful eight-week-old miniature dachshunds: Zoe and Espresso ( Read more... )

My weekend began Friday at noon because Dan and I took a half-day at work. We clocked out at 12:00 on the dot and raced out the door to begin the 2 1/2 hour trek up north to my parents' house ( Read more... )

I'm proud to announce that after a long, agonizing search, Dan and I finally found our dream starter-home. But as first-time home buyers, we were naive to say the least. Our first realtor, Fabiola, showed Dan and I houses all over Warsaw. The first house was quite promising and led us to believe the road to our new home would be short, straight and ( Read more... )

"We use a most unfortunate idioim when we say, of a lustful man prowling the streets, that he 'wants a woman.' Strictly speaking, a woman is just what he does not want. He wants a pleasure for which a woman happens to be the necessary piece of apparatus. How much he cares about the woman as such may be gauged by his attitude to her five minutes ( Read more... )

At some point or another every family incurs a medical emergency. Some are major, others are relatively minor. But regardless of the extent of bodily injury, they all seem traumatic at the time ( Read more... )

Over the weekend Dan and I traveled to Cowden, Illinois to witness the joyous union of my friend and ex-Ireland-roommate, Barb Bailey, and her fiancé, Mike Casey ( Read more... )

Last Tuesday night Dan and I returned home from work exhausted. Instead of cooking dinner, we made peanut butter toast, then crawled into bed to cuddle. After ten minutes or so of snuggling under our toasty, brown comforter, we were asleep. [A totally unrelated comment: "Toasty" ... do I not sound like my dear Melodious ( Read more... )

Is anyone else frustrated with the current anti-Christian bias? Only if churches are political machines or social clubs are they deemed appropriate. Mention Christ and you will be slaughtered in the political arena. Why? Whatever happened to freedom of religion ( Read more... )