TIME is precious! And I recently experienced one glorious week on the Southeast Coast with my family…Mom, Donna, Laurie, Stacy and me. We had planned this trip for more than a year. Our first ever Mother-Daughter vacation, just us girls. The occasion? Well, mom turned 90 years old on April …
Phil and I were blessed with two children, a daughter and a son. Cypria and Keston are both thirty-something adults today, both awesome in their own character, talents and spirit. Both children have brought us our greatest joys in life, as well as our greatest hours of pain and strife. …
As a pastor’s kid, I grew up singing the “Doxology” every Sunday. In our Methodist liturgy, it was sung while the weekly collection was brought up to the altar for a blessing. My dad, Rev. Don Cooke, could out-sing everyone! You would hear his resounding praise throughout the congregation even …
God has raised up people throughout history and from all over the world to bring about His will and purpose in the hearts of people. I imagine He calls them by name. They are ordinary people, like you and me. But when they heard the call in their hearts they …