At twenty-seven, Sarah Thebarge was diagnosed with breast cancer. She went through multiple surgeries, painful treatments, and long hospital stays. An important relationship ended, her church family bailed, a friend died of cancer, and her world fell apart....
Impact is a new quarterly ezine focused on impacting others in a positive way. Each issue will focus on a specific theme, and the inaugural theme is impacting others with crafts. Crafts? Aren’t those the popsicle stick creations your kids won’t stop...
We’ve been attending a tiny church in a local trailer park. It’s one of those classic situations where you think you are there to serve others, and you walk away feeling served to by them. There aren’t greeters or ushers or enough chairs. When...
The church sound equipment had been tampered with. A group of middle school boys passing through the church after school were responsible. In response, they were required to complete community service hours at the church. My husband, the youth pastor at the time, took...
As a child, I remember visiting the local bank. Dark, shiny wood paneling lined the walls. People in formal attire smiled and handed out Dum Dums. Black pens hung on beaded chains. Chatter remained hushed. I loved going to the bank and listening to the familiar...
A rag-tag group of elementary students sat at a table and hand-crafted Valentine’s cards. The cards would be delivered to shut-ins of the church. In the pile of crayon smears and scratchy writing lay my daughter’s card. She has a flair for the dramatic, so the card...