Today is our regularly scheduled One Word at a Time Blog Carnival. Today’s topic is the fruit of the Spirit: Goodness. If you have written something on your own blog that you would like to enter in the carnival or if you would like to read the other entries, you can do that by visiting [...]

I’m road tripping today– all the way to South Africa this time! I’ve been blogging for almost a year and in the beginning, I only had a few faithful readers. But not long after I began my blog, this very kind orange fish showed up in my blog comments… Once I got over the fact [...]

It’s Friday again! And it’s time for another installment of For Girls Only. Gentlemen, if you feel a need to stay, please know that sensitive For-Girls-Only topics will be shared here. This may not be suitable material for you. You’ve been warned! ******************************************************** I’ve always been a rule-follower. I suppose that’s because I grew up [...]

In July, our denomination voted to change the name of my department from Church Education Ministries (CEM) to Discipleship Ministries (DM). This has meant changing letterhead and check stock and our website… It’s been a long, complicated process. Once our website had been changed, it just made sense that my email address (cem@myoldemail.com) should change [...]

It’s Wednesday! Welcome back to the discussion of Anne Jackson’s Mad Church Disease. We are up to Chapter 3 and it’s Jason’s turn to stir up the discussion!   Before I turn it over to him, I would just like to thank all of you for sharing your experiences. Already, we have been blessed by [...]