by Brenda L. Yoder | Jul 10, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith, Life, Parenting
By Josh Kissee, Manbuilders.com The summer season is a time every boy longs for. The joy of swimming, backyard fun, water fights, summer camps, BBQ’s, downtime from school, family vacations, and overall summer boredom busting shapes this time before the hurried pace...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Jul 5, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith, Life
Country music gets a bad rap. I used to think it consisted of Hee Haw’s cast singing about getting drunk because their wife ran off with their best friend’s sister’s brother-in-law from her third marriage. With a lot of twang,...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Jun 30, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith, Life
Last Sunday we returned from a family trip in the wee hours of the morning. After attending church and eating a good meal, we spent the majority of the afternoon relaxing, what we normally do on Sundays. A day of rest. A day set aside for worship. A day different from...
by brendayoder | Jun 27, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith, Life
Remember that Tortoise and Hare? There’s a saying, “slow and steady wins the race.” Other words describing this principle are consistency perseverance doing the work Is it hard to be consistent and persevere when you don’t see it paying off? In...
by brendayoder | Jun 24, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith
I’m 4% permanently partially paralyzed. A fancy way to say I have a torn ACL from a workman’s comp injury. I have a weak link. As my surgeon released me from treatment, he said my knee will only be as strong as the muscle above it. “You have to keep...
