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Batteries and Jesus

Posted by Jeff Olson on April 23rd, 2010 | 3 responses

A few days ago I helped my daughter purchase her first car…an older used Toyota Camry. Everything was going well until I got the call that her car wouldn’t start. The battery was dead... Read More

Going Home

Posted by Allison Stevens on March 22nd, 2010 | 4 responses

I was raised in the South.  The good ole South. The older I get, the more I miss it and long to go back. It feels like home.

I love my northern home, too. Dear friends and family I love... Read More

Infidelity . . .

Posted by Tim Jackson on February 12th, 2010 | 9 responses

Infidelity. It sounds like such a benign word, doesn’t it? It just seems to harmlessly roll off the tongue. Sadly, we’ve almost come to expect it with the media’s regurgitation... Read More

Hand in hand

Posted by Allison Stevens on February 3rd, 2010 | 3 responses



A good friend of mine knows she is most likely spending the last few days she has with her mother here on earth. Her mother is in her late eighties and very sick.  She lives with her... Read More

Family Denial

Posted by Allison Stevens on December 28th, 2009 | 5 responses

Especially during the holidays, we sometimes notice serious issues or problems in our family that we don’t want to admit or acknowledge. It’s painful, so we put our heads in the sand and live... Read More

A story of abuse

Posted by Allison Stevens on November 16th, 2009 | 12 responses

This post reveals what it’s like living with an abusive spouse. It’s written from a wife’s perspective about what happened in her marriage with her battering husband.

I should... Read More

Submission

Posted by Allison Stevens on October 19th, 2009 | 4 responses

Since I’ve written on headship and husbands, I guess it’s only fair that I write a little bit about submission and wives.  And I mean a very little bit. 

I’ve always thought that... Read More

Oh, Good

Posted by Allison Stevens on October 8th, 2009 | one response

I was at the movies the other night with my family, waiting to see the 3D version of Toy Story 1 and 2 when I noticed a woman picking up a movie ticket from the floor. I could tell that it wasn’t... Read More

First comes love…

Posted by Jeff Olson on October 7th, 2009 | 4 responses

Growing up, one of the ways we used to poke fun at a boy and a girl who “liked” each other was to chant the following nursery rhyme:
“Dean and Lucy, sittin’ in a tree. K... Read More

Power vs. Happiness

Posted by Jeff Olson on September 27th, 2009 | one response

I don’t rent many movies these days, but last week our local movie rental store gave me a free rental. My vote was for the film about the true story of the blind man who climbed to the Summit of... Read More
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