by Brenda L. Yoder | Jul 7, 2017 | Life
With today’s technology, it’s easy to do laundry without effort. You put clothes in a machine, turn a dial, and press a button. Going to my child’s bedroom requires more work than that. It’s a simple process. One Sunday after returning home from a family vacation, I...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Mar 10, 2017 | Faith, Life
I end the day with thanks, realizing how often I forget to praise God for what is. In the gap between praying about worry and crisis, we fail to simply give thanks. For the simple things. In the gap between praying about worry and crisis, we fail to simply give...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Dec 20, 2016 | Faith, Life
All good gifts come down by the Father of the heavenly lights, who doesn’t change like shifting shadows (James 1:17). This verse is the foundation of a new message I’ve shared recently. It’s a fitting verse for this time of year–God sending...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Jun 20, 2016 | Life
Hurt is something we’ve all experienced. My first memory of being physically hurt was falling and cutting my lip on a metal toolbox when I was three. I still have the scar. My first memory of being emotionally hurt was when, as the youngest, an older sibling called me...
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...
