by Brenda L. Yoder | Jun 11, 2016 | Life, Parenting
I’m getting a Little today. If you’re not sure what that is, other than the strange TV characters with tails, then you’re not raising Littles. If you’re a hip G-ma, then you know what these are. They are little people. Children. Kids. Kiddos....
by Brenda L. Yoder | May 22, 2016 | Faith, Life
I shy away from the moral and cultural religious wars of today. I cautiously disengage from new age, occultic, and secular beliefs that have infiltrated the church, and those that are also on the legalistic, dogmatic side. There’s so much rhetoric, it’s...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Feb 19, 2016 | Faith, Life
It’s been a week of love. But sometimes, love is hard. Not the loving-someone-who-loves-you-back kind, but the loving-someone-who-doesn’t-reciprocate kind. Loving when you’ve been wounded, you’ve forgiven, and you desire genuine restoration. But instead of...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Jan 30, 2016 | Faith, Life
There’s pain in my chest tonight. I first called it stress. Then I called it hurt. Then disappointment. Then discouragement. Then, I realized it’s all of those things–the things a mother feels for her child, only a little deeper. Perhaps a lot...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Jan 22, 2016 | Faith, Life
I had the privilege of interviewing on The Harvest Show about my book, Balance, Busyness and Not Doing It All last week. While I was excited to be on live TV, a million fears preceded the morning: What if I say something stupid? What if I ramble and sound like a...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Dec 26, 2015 | Faith, Life
“God, where are you?” were the first words that came from my mouth. I laid on the floor, crying, pouring out the anguish inside. I knew God was with me, but in the moment He felt absent. While I’d been drawing close to Him, His Presence was void....
