Love – Growing Grace-Full

by Linda

Relearning Love

Last weekend I took my kids to visit my parents for a few days. My dad wanted me to go to town with him and I almost declined because he still wears a N-95 mask into public places and it felt wrong if I didn’t use the same standard when I was going back to […]

by Linda

My Father’s Heart

The nicest older gentleman works at Costco, signing members up for the company Visa. He stands next to his computer kiosk on the way to the salads and rotisserie chickens, and he greets everyone with a smile. I don’t know what his story is. He is long past retirement, hair like snow, and beginning to […]

by Linda

Making a Difference in Other’s Lives

Hello friends! How is your summer going? Mine is going. This summer most of my kids participated in our family ministry, a year-round Christian camp and retreat center, nestled in North Central Minnesota. The older kids worked and the younger kids loved taking their turns as campers. After youth camps wrap up, it is pretty […]

by Linda

How a 19 year-old Woman Would Change the Church

This post is a little different as it was originally written by my daughter in answer to prompts given for an assignment in her theology class at her university. In response to the model of the church in the book of Acts, she was required to share how she thought the contemporary church should change. […]

by Linda

My Writing Process and What God had to say About Culture

It amazes me how all God has to do to change our perspective is just to whisper a word. He knows us inside out, and exactly how that word will change our minds and shape our hearts. Like I shared at the beginning of the year, these days I only write when God places something […]