No Retirement for Aunt Margaret
A story from Margaret Stanner, as told to Karen Mulder. Where in the Bible does it say, “When a person reaches the...
A story from Margaret Stanner, as told to Karen Mulder. Where in the Bible does it say, “When a person reaches the...
Karen Mulder | 3 min read
Saturday, I received a rare and wonderful gift. What was this rare and wonderful gift which I received? It was a...
Karen Mulder | 2 min read
I have regrets. I wish that I would have communicated with my brother more during his last years of struggling with Parkinson’s disease. I regret that I didn’t visit my step father more frequently after my mother died. I procrastinated too long and too often and now it is too late. So today, I am listening to the wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson who says, “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”
Karen Mulder | 1 min read
Are you kind and respectful to all people even to those who look or behave differently than you do? My brother,...
Karen Mulder | 2 min read
Every year 800,000 people become widows and widowers in the United States. We all probably know someone whose...
Guest Author | 2 min read
Acknowledging the abuse was horrible.
Admitting that my grandfather had sexually abused me meant three things: first, he didn’t love me; second, no one in my family cared enough about me to know that I was hurting or to protect me; third, I felt like a piece of litter that no one even bothered to throw in the trash. Realizing that no one really cared about me when I was a child was the most painful part of my healing process.
Karen Mulder | 2 min read
I most certainly felt a God Nudge last night. It was opening night of Vacation Bible School. I was an “extra”...
Guest Author | 2 min read
Let your light shine before men. That they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven. Matthew 5:16...
Karen Mulder | 1 min read
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