Fixing a problem or achieving a goal usually means focusing on it, sometimes to the detriment of other things in our lives.  One of my goals is to write.  In order to do this and be good at it I need to spend quite a bit of time at it.  This means less time for other things, even things that are important to me.  Every now and then, though, we come across goals...

I have to tell this story. It amazes me how the Lord works in our lives to show us how much he cares for even our smallest need. Even things like taxes (not that our tax bill was a small one). When I went to file our taxes this year it turned out that we owed our lovely government some more cash. Under normal circumstances this would not be a huge deal. We have...

That is right folks.  We are now a one car family.  We sold our Honda Ridgeline for a couple of reasons. Lacey is going back to school. We really feel like the Lord has provided the time and money resources for her to finish her degree so we are taking Him up on the offer.  In order to afford school without taking out loans we needed to free up some cash flow in...

We live in a period of American history of increasing government involvement in our lives.  The government takes care of the poor and needy in our society.  They provide health care to people who need it, food to those who don’t have it, housing to the shelterless, and money to those who cannot make it for themselves.  Some who receive these gifts really do...