Patience – Growing Graceful

by Linda

Be Like the Buffalo

It’s a tradition in our family~ When I drive my kids back to college, I go to chapel with them. It has never failed; God always speaks to me powerfully, usually to confirm something He has been teaching me. When I took Lilly back to school in Springfield after fall break a couple of weeks […]

by Linda

The Patience Lie

This year I read “Fresh Wind Fresh Fire” for the third time in 25 years. It’s interesting how things hit you differently after that long. I think the first two times I read it I was impressed by how pivotal prayer is to the life of a church because I’ve never been part of a […]

by Linda

What if?

I live 25 miles from an old military installation, now used for training Reserve-men. As the crow flies, we are much closer. Military helicopters fly low, back and forth over our home, most of the year. I never quite get used to it. In the back of my mind, I remember that they are here […]

by Linda

The Shift: Moving from Hesitant to Bold

Over the past several years, the prayer request voiced most often by the women in our church has been this: “Please pray that I will be bold.” They recognize the world’s need for Jesus, and they want to move past their fear and hesitancy to a place of willingness, wherever God places them. The second […]

by Linda

Why My Teenagers Don’t Date (until they are at LEAST 18)

I was listening to a Christian radio program while I drove. The speaker was talking about the importance of keeping communication open with our kids, and encouraging them to ask question to help them traverse the field of dating. Sounds good, right? Until the example he used was one involving the typical 13 year old […]