What Three Surprising Encounters In Stunning Western Kansas?

When you leave, everything you experience outside of Kansas will be measured against all you know here. And none of it will make any sense. -P.S. Baber Three surprising encounters were to unfold as I received an email from Mission Aviation Fellowship HQ.  A church in Goodland, Kansas was requesting a speaker for their missions […]

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How To Cope When Routine Transitions Turn Ugly

“Sometimes, life’s challenges are tough to deal with. You will succeed if you focus your thoughts on how to overcome the challenge.”  – Catherine Pulsifer It is back to school season.  It happens every year and is considered a routine transition.  Yet, the back to school vibe is everywhere and makes itself known by: the plethora of […]

An Inspiring Belated Happy Birthday To Awesome America

“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” —John F. Kennedy Happy belated birthday America!  Even belated wishes can be full of meaning.  In fact, […]

How To Say Goodbye To The Why – Three Reasons

“There is much asked and only so much I think I can or should answer, and so, …I would like to give a few thoughts on what seemed to be the overwhelming question: “WHY?” And here is the best answer I can give: Because. Because sometimes, life is damned unfair… Because sometimes there aren’t really […]

Laying Our Loved Ones To Rest With Honor And Dignity

“The first night in Morotai, the Japanese sent over a bomber on the north end of the island.  The next day we went out and dug a deeper foxhole.”  – Lt. Joseph F. Cullen, Personal Diary My husband went to rent a car for a trip to the west coast.  The occasion:  A memorial service […]

Five Musts When You Go To War In Order To Fight From Victory

“Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:”  ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭144:1‬ ‭KJV‬‬ “Nancy, I am sorry to tell you that the biopsy indicates cancer. I have made an appointment for you to meet with a surgeon next week.” It was not news I wanted anytime, but particularly […]

How To Define Adventure Elements of A Journey Road Map

All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. – Earl Nightingale Every journey needs a road map.  I am resuming work on a book (I have several underway), that I began when I received a diagnosis of breast cancer.  After an initial burst of content […]

How Troubles Can Be Transformed Into Testimony – Armed By Joy

“He knows how to take your troubles and turn them into trophies, how to take the test and make it your testimony.” ~ Joel Osteen Troubles are a staple of life on this earth.  Some folks seem to thrive on looking for it, while others simply expect it on a daily basis. Most times those […]

How To Watch The Television Premiere of Ends Of The Earth

Here am I, send me; send me to the ends of the earth; send me to the rough, the savage lost of the wilderness; send me from all that is called comfort on earth; send me even to death itself, if it be but in your service, and to promote your kingdom — David Brainerd […]