Real world story. A friend messaged me this morning after reading my Facebook post yesterday about being discouraged. She was confused...

“It’s the right thing to do.” I grew up hearing those words from my parents, who were born into what would be called The Greatest...

Last fall I wrote about how I had planted 275 bulbs–mostly daffodils and tulips. I have never done well with growing flowers. Years ago I...

The most peaceful day of the week should be Sunday, right? So, how do your Sundays go? Is it a struggle to get kids up out of bed and...

I remember lyrics from a song from my children’s youth: “With my God I can do valiantly.” I sang it along with them, praying they would...

I have a fight with myself every day. Every day I tell myself to go for a walk. But then the excuses slip in the door. “It’s cold and...

Our Honolulu girl visited for several days over the weekend. Our kids conspired to put together an early birthday celebration for a Big...

I had a fun unit I did with my students when I was teaching them to write technical language. First, I created relevance for the unit by...

My dad was a man of numbers. After church I could ask him, “How many today, Dad?” And he’d tell you the exact number of people in worship...

When I walked into the office at Loyalton High, where I worked, I was surprised to see that our son Josh hadn’t signed up for his second...

How long have you lived in your house? This year will mark FORTY years that we’ve lived in our home. Can you believe that? It seems...

I have a cousin Roger, who used travel from the central coastal area of California to our family home south of Sacramento to go duck...

I think I first understood the concept of mercy the last week of my high school chemistry class. From the first day of that class I hated...

When I got my teaching credential years ago, I never pictured myself teaching elementary school students. However, that’s what happened...

“Words, words, words,” Hamlet says in the library scene of Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet. Often played with humor, Shakespeare’s scene helps...

I found a cute pair of salt and pepper shakers at our new antiques store in Loyalton–Lombardi Mercantile. I might have overlooked them...

Hope: n. desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment I can have hope for a good future because I trust God. I do not...

Jesus included everyone in the conversation. He spoke with a Samaritan woman–who wasn’t part of the Jewish faith in-crowd, being half-Jew...

Scripture says that God will reign over the earth. When I think about figurehead kings and queens around the world, I wonder how others...

As a board member of The Sierra Schools Foundation, I recently helped coordinate efforts to bring social-emotional training to our small...