Let’s Pray Right Now

 Please pray about my relationship with my husband. My sickness. My trouble. Yes, I would be glad to. Let’s pray right now. Here? In front of all these people? Well . . . it’s a church building. . . . These people probably pray too. . . . Have you ever...

Patience Right Now

The fruit of the Spirit is . . . patience. My children were small, and I was impatient and irritable. So much so that I didn’t like myself sometimes. So of course I prayed for patience. That’s what you do, right? Ha ha. Years went by before I finally...

If Necessary, Use Words

first published in the December 2000 edition of the Columbia County (New York) Homeschooling Newsletter Perhaps you’ve heard the oft-quoted saying of Francis of Assisi, “Preach the gospel at all times; if necessary, use words.” This is repeated as a...