by Janelle Nehrenz | Jun 24, 2014 | Recipes
This elegant dessert is so light, so simple, and so delicious…perfect for a warm Spring or Summer day. The juice from the berries naturally soak into the angle food cake. The homemade whipping cream adds a special touch to this “semi-homemade” Berry Trifle. Your...
by Darlene Schacht | Jun 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
I enjoy marriage books, in fact I can’t seem to get enough of them. It’s a beautiful thing to be encouraged by other believers who have walked this path, and to glean encouragement from them that I can apply to my own life. But here’s the...
by Darlene Schacht | Jun 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
It was grade nine. There was one minute left in the game, and I was standing there holding the ball. Pivoting on one foot, I had a decision to make, do I go for the basket myself in hopes of winning the game for our team? Or do I throw it to Stacy who was frantically...
by Lisa Jacobson | Jun 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
So I had this really hard day. Or, to be more accurate, I had a really hard week. And I was close to tears by late afternoon. He asked me what was wrong and I’m sorry to say that I snapped at him. Was it not obvious? Hello…? You’d only have to take one look at...
by Ashleigh Slater | Jun 17, 2014 | Love, Marriage
I’ve heard tell that desperate times call for desperate measures. My husband Ted and I hit one such first-world measure en route to our honeymoon destination, Paris. On the car ride from our condo to the airport, it struck us that we’d forgotten one very...
by Darlene Schacht | Jun 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
It wasn’t anything I did. At least nothing I could pin point. The only thing that changed for me was my attitude. It happened some time ago. I was reading a marriage article when one sentence stood out to me more than the others. I don’t even remember...
by Darlene Schacht | Jun 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
My heart is a scrapbook, each day a new page adorned with memories of time well spent together. Love is the ink that flows through each page marking the places we’ve been and the people we’ve seen. Finger printed pages remind me of the gentle way this man...
by Heidi St. John | Jun 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
Oops. I did it again. Nagged. Corrected. Rolled my eyes. Sighed. When will I ever learn? We love to do what we’ve been equipped to do. Traveling around the United States with our kids and learning to trust in God’s provision has been exhilarating and...
by Matthew L. Jacobson | Jun 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
So, what does it take to become a father? Not much, actually. A few minutes of selfishness, thoughtlessness, and carelessness and voilà – A Child Is Born. Congratulations . . . you’re a father. It’s no big accomplishment, really. Any guy can father a child. The bar...
by Darlene Schacht | Jun 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Are you ready to celebrate summer? Me too! And I have just the way to do it. Grab a good book and head outside for a little R&R. Michael and I like to take road trips with the kids, and while he drives I can usually get through a good book, which is why I try to...
by Darlene Schacht | Jun 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Today I’m talking about living with less, or for some of you—much less. There are things that we all have stuffed behind closed doors, hidden inside our drawers, laying under our beds, thrown onto our shelves, stacked up in our cupboards, crowding our counters,...
by Darlene Schacht | Jun 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
When I look at the union between a man and his wife, I’m not surprised that God is involved. I’m in awe. His plan for marriage is a beautiful one, where two people grow together as one. “It’s not good that man should be alone,” He said,...
