When my husband and I designed and built our house 15 years ago, we deliberately made it a place that made it easy for hosting large groups of people. I have a large extended family, most of whom live close by and hospitality is one of the things that I value the most both atContinue reading “Room at the Table”
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Scattering Seeds of Hope & Joy
When I was a child, I used to read stories of missionaries who went to Africa and dreamed of being one. But the missionaries were all men… their wives were nurses or teachers… and I had no desire to be either of those. Little did I know as a child of 10 years, the GodContinue reading “Scattering Seeds of Hope & Joy”
Unrevealed
My mother will attest to the fact that when I was a child, I hated that we often had a large vegetable garden. Not just the weeding, and the picking, but the thinning of carrots… and then we couldn’t just throw the thinned carrots away, we had to wash and eat them! Imagine, how manyContinue reading “Unrevealed”
What Kind of Soil?
Some of you know that during Covid I became a vegetable gardener. There’s few bigger changes than a tiny seed into a vegetable! Vegetable gardening was something I had wanted to do for a very long time, but I was always very busy in the spring getting ready for the Conference Annual Meeting, so itContinue reading “What Kind of Soil?”
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