by JemB | Sep 4, 2017 | Disability, Family, Marriage, Marriage Monday
Last week I left us with a challenge – “Let’s each take a moment today and ask ourselves what is one thing I can do this week to reinforce the foundation of my marriage and show my spouse that they are my number one priority and focus (after our...
by JemB | Aug 21, 2017 | Disability, Family, Lessons Learned, Marriage, Marriage Monday, Ponderings
Thank you for all the Marriage Monday. encouragement. I am excited you came back. I am grateful for the feedback you offered. We will get to the suggestions made so far as the weeks move along. Please keep those suggestions, comments, questions and wedding...
by JemB | Mar 19, 2017 | Bible, Disability, Family, Friendship, God's love, Peace, Ponderings
The sermon being preached from the stage was full of truth. Yet in the back row of the auditorium a very different sermon was reaching deep into my heart. I find it difficult to go to church alone, and this was one of those days when I had to do just that. Strike 1...
by JemB | Feb 22, 2017 | Disability, Marriage, Ministry, Ponderings
I am so thankful for the timing of this trip. It came when I had grieved “enough” (at least for now) the recent past. The time away put a buffer up between the past and the present/future. Coming home I was ready to fully engage in what’s next. For the short term...
by JemB | Jan 29, 2017 | Bible, Disability, Instructions for Life, Ministry
Praise God! Disability Ministry is no longer a priority at our church. That probably sounds like an odd statement from someone for whom disability services and ministry course through my body as sure as my blood flows. Let me explain . . . The leadership team at our...
by JemB | Jan 22, 2017 | Bible, Disability, Family, Friendship, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned, Ministry, Ponderings
In 1984 then President Reagan wrote an order proclaiming the 22nd of January (or the nearest Sunday to that date) to be Sanctity of Life Sunday. The particular date was chosen as it corresponds to the anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision. Typically in Christian...
