by Brenda L. Yoder | Apr 1, 2013 | Faith
I can be silent no more. Today’s Easter. For the Christian faith, it’s the most important celebration – more so than Christmas. It’s not popular to say you’re a Christ-follower. It wasn’t in the day of Christ and it isn’t...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 29, 2013 | Faith
Like other parts of the Midwest, Spring is coming late this year on the Back Forty. As I write, the calendar says Spring has arrived, but snow is pelting the window. I’m a whiner about March anyway, so the late spring has made me a Champion Whiner. {Trophy,...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 23, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith
I live on a family farm. Though we sold the family dairy herd a few years ago, my diary-farmer husband keeps a dairy goat on our little stead. When he’s gone, I often find myself counselor by day and dairy maid by night. This makes for a new brand of...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 3, 2013 | Faith, Parenting, Topics
I’m going to try” I said. Snow was no longer coming down, but school had just been canceled. The winds were blowing snow across the road in front of our house. I checked the weather between Indiana and Virginia. “Winter advisory for Shenandoah...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 2, 2013 | Encouragement, Faith, For Women
Friday I posted The New Normal: 8 Tips for Working Moms at Not Alone Mom. It is my greatest privilege to share Stacey’s story of love and grace. She has walked many paths familiar to women – loss of love, abandonment, abuse, looking for love only the...
