Feeling Ripped Off

Saturday, August 16, 2014 0

Dear Paster Frank, I attended your Romans bible study for the first time last Wednesday night at the same time my six-year-old daughter, Willow attends your children's program, Sparks. She was so excited that I was attending a class just like she was she could hardly wait to get there. After class was over for the ...

The Four Seeds

Saturday, August 16, 2014 0

In the field between two wooded areas grew a rather large family of wildflowers. Summer was coming to an end, and all of the flowers were preparing for fall. They were a happy family of flowers. A young girl, in preparation for the coming season, was out collecting flower seeds for her father's greenhouse. Her father ...

A Sonnet to My Mom

Saturday, August 16, 2014 0

In my beginning I knew I was blessed, by this woman who held me in her arms. She cares so much, holding me close to chest, so loved, and safe am I, from worldly harms. I grew and grew learning to hear her heart, with her knowledge, she taught me many things I learned of language, mathematics and art Now I see ...

Four Minutes

Saturday, August 16, 2014 1

Rowan sat there each day, not wanting to obey, wishing to do his own thing. Having clean hair, unable to stare, not saying a darn or a dang. Being polite, not able to bite, is not how he wanted to be. To pinch his big sister, and avoid saying Mister that he did with glee. Cleaning his room and using the broom is not what he wanted to do. Chasing the ...

The Pink Princess

Saturday, August 16, 2014 0

Beep, beep, beep, beep! Daddy’s alarm was going off. Ashton was already awake. She ran into her parent's bedroom to wake him up. It was Saturday and very early. Today she and dad were going to the beach. On this day, she would discover the mystery of The Pink Princess. Ashton had been waiting all week for ...

Why Did God Have to Die?

Saturday, August 16, 2014 0

Willow woke me up in the middle of the night. She was crying uncontrollably and unable to talk. Through some simple questions and the nodding of her head, I quickly ruled out that she wasn’t hurt physically, but that was to be the end of communication until she was properly comforted. I dimmed the room’s ...