by JemB | Apr 15, 2016 | God's love, Lessons Learned, Marriage, Peace
This was first printed in a book entitled Hope published by Calvary Church Souderton, PA in 2012. It is edited and reprinted here with permission. Having worked with people with disabilities for most of my career, and now being married 16 years to Jerry (who was born...
by JemB | Apr 12, 2016 | Marriage, Ministry
If you have been reading my blog for any time you probably know that I am married to this guy Jerry, with whom I also happen to work. Often people say to us, “I don’t know how you do it, I could never work with my spouse.” To be honest sometimes we...
by JemB | Feb 21, 2016 | Disability, God's love, Marriage, Ministry, Ponderings
Growing up, JOY was a vertical word to me. “Jesus and others and you, what a wonderful way to spell Joy. Jesus and others and you in the life of each girl and each boy. J is for Jesus for He has first place. O is for others you see face to face. Y is for you, in...
by JemB | Dec 14, 2015 | Family, Lessons Learned, Marriage, Ponderings
I speak fairly regularly on the effect disability has on the entire family. Having lived and worked with disability in my home for more than 30 years I genuinely felt I had a pretty good understanding of the reality of disability and ambulation. Then I had foot...
by JemB | Nov 8, 2015 | Friendship, God's love, Lessons Learned, Marriage, Peace
Last week while driving to my first appointment of the day I inadvertently incited road rage in someone. I wanted to change lanes and looked (twice in fact!) to make sure there was no one in the lane, or in my blind spot. Seeing none, I began to change lanes when...
by JemB | Nov 1, 2015 | Disability, Family, Friendship, Marriage, Ministry
This is the conclusion of my previous post; to read part 1 click here. At the end of that busy summer of camping ministries (which we both did) he called me at home. He didn’t declare any intentions that night – but still I knew something had changed in our conference...
