Seven years ago on October 29, Dean and I were blessed with two big life changes. The first was the birth of our sweet granddaughter,...

Growing up, I used to love to sit and listen to the adults talk with one another when my parents would visit with their friends and...

Have you ever had someone give you a piece of advice that made you angry because it was correct? When Dean and I had been married for a...

Dean and I love Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. We especially like to go to places without cell phone coverage or internet. We have a...

Each evening this summer, as the sun sets, Dean and I have fallen into a chore routine before sitting down on the porch with our “wind...

Little did Dean and I know that on the night of July 4 2007, God was about to set on fire a dream that had been more than a year in the...

If you have ever attended a symphony orchestra concert, you would likely notice that before the conductor made his entrance onto the stage...

At each conclusion of the Monday night ladies’ Bible study I attend, Mary Westra always asks each person for a “takeaway”...

As someone who enjoys the arts, I have been interested in how music and art are used to interpret our understanding of God and His...