by Brenda L. Yoder | Dec 8, 2012 | Faith
Today is one of the lasts of the lasts. I celebrated my youngest’ thirteenth birthday. One of the milestones of lasts. The last child to leave childhood. The last child to become a teenager. I was teaching child development and parenting to freshman girls when...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Oct 31, 2012 | Faith
A couple of years ago, after spending two weeks as a camp counselor, my daughter came home with stories about mentoring 5th grade girls. While I was making dinner, she sat at the kitchen table with two paper plates. “Mom, have you ever heard of putting paper...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Oct 22, 2012 | Faith
Being a woman can have the status of “Stolen Identity.” It’s safe to say I’ve had an identity crisis ever since becoming a wife and parent, because: I’ve been a “stay at home mom” during the mommy-wars of the 1990’s,...
by Brenda L. Yoder | Oct 1, 2012 | Faith
Today, I have a devotional on being Rootbound featured at Circle of Friend’s ministry page. Please visit it, read it and share it if it ministers to you. Also, to introduce you to the purpose and heart of Circle of Friends Ministry, I am offering my first...
by brendayoder | Jul 4, 2012 | Faith
Three years ago Life Beyond the Picket Fence (www.brendayoder.org) was developed with because I was living a life that shattered the image of “how things should be.” I was a woman wrestling with life, people, faith, God, and myself. I wondered if...
