Seven Ways to Improve a Bad Day

The Family of Christ staff takes turns writing the weekly blog, which means we’re all in the habit of being on the lookout for inspiration. This week, that inspiration came to Pam Schumacher in the form of an email from Darlene Brown.

Gifts That Keep On Giving

I knew my turn was coming to write the blog. I am a bit of a procrastinator, and with time running out my mind was still a blank page. No good ideas were making their way to my frontal lobe. Lucky for me, I was scheduled to give blood this week. It was exactly the time and idea I needed.

A Tapping on My Window

“Rise up this morning, smiled with the rising sun, three little birds pitch by my doorstep

Singing sweet songs of melodies pure and true, saying, ‘This is my message to you:

Don’t worry about a thing!’”

For the past ten straight days in my office, I have been visited, not by three little birds, but by one little yellow bird – a goldfinch. The accompanying picture is one of about ten that I’ve snapped of this little creature.

Girlfriend Time — It’s Good for Your Health

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help. ~ Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

I have always known that the friends, especially girlfriends, that God has blessed me with over my life have been invaluable. And thanks to one of those friends, I now have proof that they are also good for my health. From an email sent to me recently: