by MWS | Aug 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
As school started for many of my friends, they posted pictures of happy (and sometimes not-so-happy) children with colorful chalkboards and fresh clothing or backpacks, noting their ages, grades and excitement for the new school year. As I looked at the many pictures...
by MWS | Jul 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
As parents, how many times have you said the words, “The world doesn’t revolve around you?” Honesty time: as a teenager or younger you, how many times did you hear those words said to you? The self-absorbed, self-centered tendencies of the human heart have...
by MWS | Jul 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
How many sizes can a kid go through in a season? At the beginning of the summer, when their little t-shirts swallow them up and their flip flops are flip flopping everywhere but securely on their feet, we think, “That’s OK, they have room to grow.” By the...
by MWS | Jun 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
We all make mistakes. I have made many (as in, beyond count) in my lifetime. And while I’m thankful for grace and forgiveness, I sometimes have a hard time letting myself off the hook. Because some of those mistakes I still find myself making. As I attempt to walk...
by MWS | May 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
“The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.” Luke 6:45 We’ve all done it. We’ve all said those words, that phrase, that cut...
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