A Messy Summer Meal

By Pam Kumpe 
 
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. (Revelation 3:20 NIV)

A special Summer Day celebration with my family was in order and they trusted me with picking the restaurant. They should have known better, because with my luck anything can happen, and usually does.
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New Beginnings

By Jennifer Kearson

It’s hard to believe another year has come to a close. As usual, many of us are planning to start off this New Year by making another outstanding resolution or two. Many of us are eager to get started even though the holidays have left us feeling exhausted. Some of us are exhausted to the point that we don’t even feel like creating or keeping a resolution. If we’re honest with ourselves, keeping up with a resolution is difficult to do so you have to create a reasonable plan you can commit to.
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Paramedic Angels

By Lisa Buffaloe

“For He will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways“
Psalm 91:11
 
Years ago, during a rather rough physical time, our young son prayed for “Paramedic Angels” to be in and around our home. The next night he prayed for “angelic ambulances.” I like that idea. We pray for healing, comfort, and strength as we go through the trials of life, why not paramedic angels?
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Relationship Resolution

By Christina Puntigam

Once, my professor came into class with a cup of coffee.  He told us that he had given up coffee many years ago and that we wouldn’t believe the number of times that he had said no to a cup.  That interaction gave me a completely new understanding of resolutions.  
It is a common thought that resolutions are to either get something into your life that is currently missing or get something out that shouldn’t be there in the first place.  This philosophy taught me that it’s not about the resolution, but the relationship.
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To Claus or Not to Claus

By John McNeal

Have you ever seen the movie “The Christmas Story” by Jean Shepherd?  It is the semi-fictional story of a small-town American family that lived in Hohman, Indiana in the late 1940’s. Throughout the story, the main character “Ralphie” tries to convince everyone that he needs a Red Ryder BB gun. Can you picture Ralphie and his brother bundled up in their winter gear to face the open cold? How about the first time you saw Ralphie getting to eat his favorite soap? I really enjoy that movie. I try to watch it every year because it reminds me a lot about my past. Yes, I went to great lengths to get a BB gun, and I still have pictures of my brother David and I dressed like Ralphie’s brother to face the frigid, northern Illinois temperatures. Last but not least, I imagine Dial soap tastes about the same as Lifebuoy soap. I guess the only real differences between my childhood experience and Ralphie’s, besides the fact that his made it into the movies and mine didn’t, are that my father never won a leg lamp and I never got to beat up my bully.
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