A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith

A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith

February 2012 Archives

Faith or tempting the Lord

posted by Linda G. Howard

It seemed like three hours but it was no more than 10 minutes.  Ginny–an elderly Special Gathering member with diabetes–has seen her cognitive abilities eaten away from her health condition and age.  As Ginny got off the SCAT bus to [...]

The Saturday adventure

posted by Linda G. Howard

On Saturday, several people who have not attended Special Gathering for almost a year came back.  I could tell from the expressions on their faces and from the look in their eyes that they completely enjoyed their time with us. [...]

A forgettable day

posted by Linda G. Howard

Today is not a day I will remember.  I got up at my usual 4:30am.  After my prayer time, I went into the kitchen to start a pot of decaf but instead, I had a text message from my son. [...]

Coming Home

posted by Linda G. Howard

One year ago today, my husband came home from the skilled nursing center to die.  While I often say that I don’t live in denial, I had no idea that three months later, he would be dead.  For about a [...]

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Through the Roof Disability Ministry Summit
  Through the Roof Disability Ministry Summit is designed to give you practical training and education while equipping churches for disability ministry. Sign up and be a part of this enriching event, which will be held May 18-19, 2012 at First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena.  For mo

posted 2:14:43am May. 05, 2012 | read full post »

Wiggle Room--Going Together
Within every ministry or business, there is wiggle room.  Before we examine “the how” for learning about and becoming comfortable within your ministry’s culture, there are several things where there can be no wiggle room. Jesus’ disciples knew that he was not only their leader.  He was

posted 3:45:21am May. 03, 2012 | read full post »

Learning that God is just
We all understand that our federal government is divided into three co-equal branches.  There is the executive branch, the legislative and the judicial branches.  The purpose of these three branches of government is to insure that the people of the US receive justice.  You see, very few people (m

posted 1:54:54am May. 02, 2012 | read full post »

Working or stay-at-home, she's still my mom
For more than 20 years, I was a stay-at-home mom.  During those years, I wrote five books.  Two of them were best sellers.  Together they sold over a million copies.  I was an award-winning, free-lance writer working with several different magazines.  Additionally, I was the room mother for my

posted 5:17:27am May. 01, 2012 | read full post »

Wiggle room
Several years ago, as a few staff from Special Gathering were driving to lunch, we saw a man with a broken leg.  His cast extended from his toe to his hip.  With great difficulty, he was loading a lawnmower into a trailer.  There was a edger on the sidewalk, patiently waiting to be reloaded on to

posted 5:22:28am Apr. 30, 2012 | read full post »


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