by Brenda L. Yoder | Jun 27, 2016 | Faith, Life
I walked across the shore of Lake Michigan. It was beautiful. As I approached a curve in the coastline, the only way to avoid water was to walk on broken cement and rocks hugging the landscape. I was alone, with a torn ACL in one knee, and was insecure about my...
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 | May 18, 2016 | Faith
Big changes are happening at the Yoder home. Another graduate is on our doorstep. Our firstborn is leaving as a full time missionary in August. And I’m leaving my secure, paid job as a school counselor to devote more time to writing, speaking, advocating, and...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Apr 20, 2016 | For Women, Parenting
I desire friendship was what I wrote in my journal. The tears flowed and I felt stupid. I had mom grief. What a selfish thing to write, I thought. I have friends. I mean, I had friends. Now, I have relationships. Work relationships, Facebook and Instagram...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Apr 5, 2016 | Faith, Parenting
I used to cringe at the word “Blessing.” It brought memories of Jim Bakker at PTL telling me, a young Christian, that God wanted to bless me and give me a life as glamorous as his PTL compound. Which later was busted and closed down for embezzlement. He...
