by JemB | Apr 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Generally I work hard to write about topics that I feel passionate about but are not controversial. In fact Jerry has often referred to me as “Switzerland” because I can tend to see and support both sides of a story. Oh, don’t get me wrong –...
by JemB | Mar 31, 2015 | Uncategorized
My purse . . . yes it’s big, and usually heavy. I think it comes from years of managing group homes and carrying “everything for everybody” when we traveled; or maybe that is just a convenient excuse. Regardless, it is often a point of conversation...
by JemB | Mar 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Yesterday was our (Joni and Friends Greater Philadelphia and Rockhill Mennonite Church) Easter Egg Hunt. If not the slowest Easter Egg Hunt in history, it has to be in the top 10. I absolutely LOVE this day.I think it was about 10 or 12 years ago when one of our...
by JemB | Mar 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
My mind has been tossing around the age old question of which came first – not in regards to the chicken or the egg; but rather in terms of grace and mercy and how they interface.Grace is something I hear and talk about often. In fact, in our home two...
by JemB | Feb 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Note: If you have not yet read part 1 of this post, you can read it here.In my last post I shared a couple of my ponderings about the Global Access Conference we attended last week. There is so much more that I could say about that, but maybe another day. For now I...
by JemB | Feb 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last week, Jerry and I and two of our staff (Candy and Nancy) were joined by three of our volunteers as we traveled to southern CA for Global Access 2015. Global Access was a gathering of 1000 people from nearly 50 different nations who have a passion for disability...
