Welcome back to Scavenger Hunt Sunday. Only a week and a half left until Christmas! Hard to believe that 2014 is almost over…which means I will be posting Memories, Dreams and Reflections on January 1. That also means that we’ll take a break from the Scavenger Hunt to spend time with family and friends until then (after this week of course). I’ll be sure to post the MDR list sometime this week, or you can look back at last year’s list. I hope you all have had a great time with SHS. Some weeks, it feels like an afterthought for me and I’ve often thought of giving...

This past weekend, our church continued the “Modern Family” series with a lesson on what our children need most. Considering we’ll be expecting our first child in exactly two months (two months from tomorrow), this message couldn’t have come at a better time. If you’d like to watch or listen to the entire message, click HERE. I am fully aware that parenting isn’t easy…not by any stretch of the imagination. Furthermore, society has only complicated parenting by offering opposing opinions on how we should raise our children. It makes it increasingly...

A few weeks ago, I shared a message from our church’s “Modern Family” series called “Happy Husband, Happy Home.” I mentioned that I’d be back in a couple of weeks to pick up the other half of that message which is “Happy Wife, Happy Life.” I probably would have had this message posted a lot sooner, but it’s been a busy week (in particular, I overdid it last night so I decided it was more important to rest than to post). If you’d like to watch or listen to the entire message, click HERE. A happy marriage is usually defined by our...

Last week, I shared the first of a new series at my church called “Modern Family.” This week, I pick back up with a lesson called “Happy Husband, Happy Husband.” No worries ladies, something to the effect of “Happy Wife, Happy Life” is coming up. If you’d like to watch or listen to the entire message, click HERE. Photo by Lynette Mittendorf PhotographySo many people will cling to the verse, “wives, submit to your husbands,” but the other end of this piece of scripture is “husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the...