At a plant sale many years ago, I bought a stick for $2.00. The little tag on it said that it was a redbud tree.…
View More Pruning the Dead BranchesGrowing up P.K.
“Now, don’t go telling this at school!” I used to get annoyed when I heard this reminder growing up as a preacher’s kid. Occasionally I…
View More Growing up P.K.Wait Training: Nothing Chocolate Nothing Gained
“Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known,” Jeremiah 33:3. I’ve walked…
View More Wait Training: Nothing Chocolate Nothing GainedPatience: It’s All About Timing
I’m not a patient person. I try to be, but more often than not I find myself becoming impatient. I have never liked waiting, especially…
View More Patience: It’s All About TimingMeant for Good
My “career” as one of those stereotypical troublemaker PKs started early. I was only 1 or 2 when my mom and I went to visit…
View More Meant for GoodMatthew 18: Forbearance and Forgiveness
Peter was a gutsy disciple who came out and said what we all silently wonder. In Matthew 18 the question of forgiveness surfaces following Jesus’…
View More Matthew 18: Forbearance and ForgivenessPatience in the Middle of Pain
Never assume that the way it is now is the way that it always will be. This is hope. Whatever pain is lodged in your…
View More Patience in the Middle of PainPatience with Boundaries
It’s not unusual to see other vehicles in our driveway. One person in particular in our congregation will only stop by at the house to…
View More Patience with BoundariesWhen the Pastor’s Wife is the Drummer
I sat there in my floor-length dress, waiting for the worship service to start and feeling their eyes upon me. Some in anticipation, some in…
View More When the Pastor’s Wife is the DrummerWhat Happens on Facebook…
What happens on Facebook stays on Facebook. Right? Or Instagram, or Twitter, or Snapchat, or TikTok, or – you get the idea. Whatever we do…
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