Happy Friday, my Friends!  I write to you with sunshine coming in my window and lots and lots of prayers on my heart that God will hold off His showers until 3:00pm tomorrow.  🙂  I pray that you’re doing well, as we enter firmly into the middle of Spring, and look towards the start of summer. As I’ve been driving around and enjoying the lush greens and florals that our wonderful Wisconsin landscape has to offer, I’m reminded that this is my favorite time of year–it’s Dandelion Season!  I know I’m not......

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Hello there, dear friends!  I hope and pray that you’re doing well, as we continue to enjoy Spring and all it has to offer.  This week has brought us rain and sunshine, wind and calm.  I am so grateful for the reality (hopefully!) that winter is out the door, and the green grass and flowers are here to stay (at least for a couple months)! This Sunday is Pentecost–one of my favorite Sundays to celebrate in the Church year.  It’s the birthday of the Church, the day when the Holy Spirit rained......

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Good afternoon, dear friends!  I write to you from the lovely U-P, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where I’m attending the Central Conference Annual Meeting.  It’s a beautiful sunny day, with the sun shining through the trees and the breeze blowing sweetly, bringing the scent of pine to my nose.  I’ve spent the last day and a half learning about how God is moving in the lives of the people in our conference.  What an encouraging thing, to know that He is alive and active in our churches! One of the speakers......

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