When Travis and I moved to Missouri, we began renting out our home in Indiana. Although I didn't know our renters, I wanted them to feel welcome and at home in our house. Travis and I prayed for three things when we were searching for tenants: To find someone who would pay the rent (and on time), To find someone who wouldn't tear up the house, and To find someone that would be blessed by this home. What a perfect way to begin blessing this couple than by leaving them a welcome basket. It was easy to put together, and we left it for them to find on the day they moved in. Our Welcome Continue Reading
Church Talk: Advice for the Routine Church-Goer
I went to the same church most of my life. I went there because my family went there. I really liked the pastor and got a lot out of the sermons. Church was routine for me. Then I got older and went off to college. It took me a couple years to find a church I could call home. I found it, though, and fell in love with it. I loved the pastor, the sermons, the ministries and most of all the worship. Church was no longer just a weekly routine, but something I looked forward to. Unfortunately though, college ended. Boy, do I miss it sometimes all the time. And since college was over, I moved Continue Reading