By Lydia Kaiser  When we think of health, physical health comes to mind first. But a wholistic view of the person includes five areas of health. In addition to physical, there’s mental health, emotional health, social health and spiritual health. All aspects of health...

By Lydia Kaiser  Do you wonder if your children are going to make it through some of the difficult tests life will throw at them? Do we have to go live on poverty street and make the kids walk ten miles in snow to school so we know they’re hardy enough to make it? No,...

by Mark Shaw   Three months before the infamous September 11, 2001 calamity, something happened in the kingdom of God on June 11, 2001 that would affect millions of children in the United States for decades to come.    Before I tell you what that was, let’s back up to...

by Deb Hane   The old proverb, “Opportunity knocks but once,” encourages people to seize each opportunity because that may be the only chance to do it. Our time is limited and usually, once an opportunity passes, we don’t get it back. That is true in the lives of...

by Rebecca Dwinell One morning Coach Jose and I were bringing five little kindergartners to the gym. They were warned not to go in front of Jose or behind me as we walked. A few times they tested the limits, straying just a little ahead of their coach. When they did,...

by Deb Hane  When you think about July 4th, you might get excited about picnics and fireworks. That’s a part of my family tradition. Fireworks add to that great feeling of celebration. And to think, we’re celebrating something that happened nearly 250 years ago! The...