I once had a boyfriend who, unknown to me at that time, was a sociopath. No matter what I did or said, it just made things worse. God led me to a book by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, “The Cost of Discipleship.” Dietrich was a Christian pastor who was killed for opposing Hitler. In it, he wrote, […]
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The most important thing I did as a caregiver
When I first found Jesus, I didn’t know how to pray personal prayers to Him, and I underestimated the power of praying. My first attempt was just hours after finding Him in a Walmart parking lot. I asked Him to get Jake his new scooter quickly because he could no longer get up the stairs […]
About ‘Campfires with Jesus”
by Mackenzie Garfield {It is not my attention to either encourage or discourage you from going to church. This is just my story.} When I went out into the freezing December night, I wasn’t planning on starting a relationship with God. I was a desperate woman, with a husband deteriorating from MS, seeking hope. I […]
Why I’m washing dishes as if my life depends on it
I have blood on my hands from the past. How do you get over guilt and . . . grief? How do you move on? One way I have found is the job I’ve had since January. It took twenty-two applications to get it; perhaps because of my age: fifty-four, Covid, or the fact that […]
