Yesterday something in our pastor’s sermon hit me between the eyes. He said we need to stop only asking God to remove our difficulties and start asking him to help us learn in our difficulties. He gave some examples: relationship trouble? God wants to help us learn something more about being loving in relationships; finance…
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Spring Housecleaning for the Soul
I like the quote I read somewhere that Lent observance is like Spring housecleaning for the soul. I’ve been motivated to do a little deeper than usual cleaning because the sun came out and I could clearly see the dust and spiderwebs lurking in my house! And the sunshine gave me a lift so I’m…
Tomatoes and Sons
My friend is in her 70’s, but her enthusiasm for life is inspiring. She planted 300 tomato plants again this Spring. If the preceding years are any indication, she and her husband will harvest and sell 6,000 pounds of tomatoes from their home on a busy two lane road in rural Oregon. But entrepreneurship isn’t…