More to motherhood: Your surprising ministry

Are you looking for ministry? There are a lot of opportunities within motherhood for ministry

“Little is much, when God is in it”

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So go the words to the hymn written by Kittie L. Suffield, 1924. “Does the place you’re called to labor, Seem so small and little known?” continues the song. I certainly was imagining a bigger field of service and ministry when my husband Edward and I started out together 34 years ago. I did not feel the rural community we live in was not very welcoming. The small Bible-teaching church we attend is 20 miles away. Continue reading “More to motherhood: Your surprising ministry”

January 21, 2018February 19, 2023

Cochlear Implant: Noises that Hurt and Annoy, and How You Can Help

According to the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders, “in the United States, roughly 118,000 [cochlear implant] devices have been implanted in adults and 65,000 in children.” You can help a cochlear implant recipient you know to have a better hearing experience by avoiding noises that hurt and annoy.

Most of us can relate to having a few sounds that annoy us: a child scraping fingers on a chalkboard, someone “tsk”-ing their tongue on their teeth or a co-worker who constantly clicks their pen.

With the cochlear implant recipient, sounds can hurt. My husband describes the pain as if someone is sticking a needle under his fingernail! OUCH! Continue reading “Cochlear Implant: Noises that Hurt and Annoy, and How You Can Help”

December 23, 2017February 13, 2023

Priorities: What have you lost in the bustle of Christmas? I can’t find my glasses!

Priorities and Christmas Time

The two concepts almost don’t seem to go together. What have you lost in the bustle of Christmas? So far this year, it has been my glasses! I am going to have to make finding my glasses one of my priorities. I am afraid that I have boxed them off and mailed them to Denver. Fortunately, I mailed them early enough that they should arrive at my daughter’s for Christmas. And she is kind enough that she will mail them back.

We are so trying to be the Mom. You know, the Mom who has it all together. The Mom whose house is clean. The Mom whose house people want to come to. The house of peace and calmness. The Mom who bakes delicious food from scratch everyday and everyone loves it.

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