A season of loss

Posted by Tim Jackson on August 15, 2011

I haven’t written this blog for a couple of weeks.

I’ve been gone.

It’s been a rainy season for me and my family.



“When it rains, it pours,” was a saying my Grandma would often use when things were piling up and we were... Read More

A Better Day Coming

Posted by Allison Stevens on June 27, 2011

My heart is heavy this morning. One of my best friends has cancer and doesn’t have a hopeful prognosis.  According to her doctors, she’ll be lucky to live out the rest of this year.

Another friend’s father and brother were killed in an auto accident last night. I can only imagine... Read More

Unexpected Journeys

Posted by Jeff Olson on June 16, 2011

Unexpected journeys. Little and big…life is full of them. A quick trip to the store turns into a car accident and a long night in the emergency room. The drive home from work turns into into break down on the highway and a long wait for tow truck. A call on the cell phone turns into the news... Read More

In a waiting room

Posted by Tim Jackson on June 1, 2011

I hate to wait.

Invariably I’m the guy who gets stuck in what I thought was the shortest check out line at the supermarket and then watched as the cashier needs to change the tape in the register, or the 2 items the person in front of me needs “a price check on isle 4!”... Read More

When Someone You Love Is Dying

Posted by Jeff Olson on February 17, 2011

My 21 year old nephew graduates from college today. It’s a joyous day for him and my family. We are all so proud of him, but it’s also mixed with sadness and heartache. You see, my nephew, who was born with an incurable disease (Duchenne muscular dystrophy) was originally meant to graduate... Read More