Away from home and heavily involved in a series of meetings, I only planned to quickly scan the prayer requests emailed from our Sowing Seeds Ministry website. But my heart skipped a beat as I read the following three letters. All arrived within hours of each other their intent very Read more…
All my life I never heard anything good at all I was too skinny, too weak, and most of all too small All the things that happened, my dad said would make me strong I believed him all my life until you said ‘he’s wrong!’ I know I still Read more…
Memorial Day weekend of two thousand and three I sent you a message asking ‘please write to me’ I said tell me anything, I didn’t really care When you wrote me back, you said that you were there. Maybe you wrote quickly and they were just words to you Read more…
Does your marriage need a little spice? Are you looking for something to liven up the old relationship? Believe it or not, a nationally recognized cosmetics company has an interesting solution. It is called, simply enough, “The Treatment.” My wife, Mell, who happened to work for the company, surprised me Read more…
Marlena, at 24 was diagnosed with a rare advanced stage of cancer. You have been reading excerpts from her online journal. Through her we have seen God provide hope and faith in the midst of tragedy. Three Scripture verses seemed to especially guide her throughout the difficult journey of hospitals, Read more…
March 24: “Yesterday was a busy day to say the least. I had golden beads implanted into my liver. Yeah, golden! Only the best for me! The poor doctor, I kept leaning forward asking ‘Hey, what are ya doing? Are you done yet?’ Over the past week I felt a Read more…
January 11, 2007: “You wouldn’t believe the numerous stories I heard of people who gave it to God when they were told “terminal” and are still here today. Hearing those stories are such an encouragement, not only to me, but to those that I share with, so if you have Read more…
July, 2006: “Yipeeee!!! I’m officially 50 days post transplant without major complications. I feel so blessed to be given this opportunity to live and I think of many who’ve been stricken with cancer who were not as lucky. It is hard to accept that some people survive this horrible disease Read more…
“Hello! My name is Marlena and at 24, I was diagnosed with a rare advanced stage of cancer known as DSRCT. Since January of 2005 my life was changed. I underwent surgery, chemo, matched-sibling bone marrow transplant and radiation. In November of 2006, doctors found disease in my brain and Read more…
For the last two weeks, I’ve described the heartbreak of clergy divorce. In addition to the excruciating personal pain of a marital break-up there is also the public humiliation of having your leadership skills and even your spirituality challenged before the church and community. Recent statistics show the divorce rate Read more…