Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. (Romans 12:15 NIV) [This update was posted on the social media page of the mother of “Cora,” the young girl who had extensive brain surgery in August to remove a slow-growing tumor. She has made a great recovery, overall, butContinue Reading

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. (Joshua 24:15 NKJV) I spent this past weekend at my mom’s mother’s family reunion at a state park near St. Louis, Missouri. My grandmother was the second of six children born to a poor farm family in East-Central Illinois in the veryContinue Reading

Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.  (Romans 12:15 NIV) I don’t really like looking at dead bodies in caskets. No matter how skilled the funeral home staff may be, the body never quite looks like the person. In a way, it can’t be, because a personContinue Reading