I spent time at an "Out of the Box" Career Day symposium for high school girls today.  What a blessed day.  A couple dozen women in non-traditional careers for women...welderspastorsfuneral directorsenvironmental scientistsheavy machine operatorspolice...

The other day I was traveling the interstate across Indiana.  I was following a pickup truck with a dog on the back of the truckbed.   Rover seemed to be having a good ole time on the back of the truck, but seemed frustrated as he paced back and forth...

This evening, I'm thinking of the Prodigal son, well, really it's his father.I came home today and had the most welcomed hug I have ever experienced.  Tears ran down my face as I tried not to be obvious. The person I was hugging doesn't like tears.I welcomed...

In the past week, the Lord has reconciled some relationships I have longed for, but not because of anything I did.  I have been humbled to see the role of prayer in the process, along with the Holy Spirit.  While I have been blessed by the restored...

This is what I learned today as an elementary counselorFriendship Skills According to 3rd Graders1. Apologize2. Give 'Em Another Chance.3. Forgive4. Be KindI couldn't write a blog with more eloquent words. I'm not much smarter than a third...

Every week on my way to grad school, I drive past one of the most "po-dunk" towns as my mother would call it.  A small, forgotten little town with perhaps twenty homes, an old gristmill, and a lake....or a pond....or a hole in the ground with water.....something...