“Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready” Rev....

To go straight to today's Noisy Narrative's podcast with Cheryl Lochner click here. I am amazed at how much I learn and pick up from a...

The picture above was taken when I was walking one morning. I thought it was stunning so I stopped to soak it up. But of course as with...

Well, another season of Noisy Narratives is in the books. We officially wrap up our second season today with our 57th episode. Season two...

“Momma! Momma, will you help me find the missing one?” My growing-too-fast boy kneels in the dining room chair leaning on his elbows...

We took the student ministry to Main Event this past Sunday. Easy event, check them in and let them have the time of their lives bowling,...

We were standing in the hallway wrapping up a conversation when a friend hit me with it. First came the tears. Then the sobbing. We had...

I turn fifty at the end of this year. The big 5-0. Honestly, I don’t feel like I’m about to turn 50, but my birth certificate says it...

Our desire for the things of heaven is real. No one wants suffering or sadness, or fear or anxiety. Give me Joy. Happy. Gladness and...

Some of us are carrying a large boulder on our shoulders, while some are carrying many many pebbles in our shoes but we are going the same p

Standing at the sink, I fill up a spray bottle for my Sunday evening routine: watering the few plants I attempt to keep alive - four...

I love the children's book Goldilocks and the Three Bears. As a child I really didn't care about potential life-lessons in the story too...

I I had been with different groups of friends or students almost every day for two weeks straight. Different dinners, events, coffee...

We talk to ourselves a lot. No one talks to me more than I talk to myself. We are in our own heads every day, building belief upon belief...

What does a horse say? What does a goat say? What does a cow say? I remember asking my 3 year-old daughter those questions and she looked...

"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not...

How fitting for life. When we work with Jesus instead of independently, when we bring people into our lives, our foundation will be firm. An

Cancel Culture is rampant.

Isaiah 1:16-17, “Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do...

I go for walks in our forest/park in the suburbs in the fall, spring and summer. It is green, lush, full of life. During those seasons I...