by Brenda L. Yoder | Aug 12, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith, Life
This week summer is ending. The college kids leave and the teeners and mom and dad go back to school. As summer ends, it’s tempting to chalk it up as one more year, to moan about the things I didn’t get done, and say, “Next year.” But I don’t want to live for...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Aug 6, 2013 | Faith
The winds of change and transition are blowing at home. Our summer’s been busy as our family’s been experiencing transitions. As I’ve spoken to hundreds of women this summer, change and transition is a theme I hear in people’s stories. People...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Aug 3, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith, Life, Parenting
He called me at 9:15 am asking for his brother’s phone number. “We’re having some trouble with the calf” he said. I held my tongue, gave him Brett’s phone number, and sighed in my spirit. I’ll talk to him about disobeying later, I...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Jul 24, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith, Life
Last summer, my friend and I went on a road trip to Virginia. When we got ready to return home, we relied on Jack, our GPS, to guide us. We talked a lot while going where Jack told us to go, not paying attention to where we were on the map. As we drove the hills of...
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,...
