As the mother of adopted children and later as a kinship parent to her grandchildren, Susan Seavers has sometimes felt misunderstood by other Christian parents. “I think it comes from wanting to meet the need…

Life is fleeting, and perhaps this is more realized by those of us who have already lived the bulk of it. But no matter one's age, to be told you have cancer is a dire pronouncement against life itself. Against r…

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

My six-year-old grandson was running excitedly through his backyard, shouting, not in an alarming voice but as though he wanted everyone to hear and know the most happy and joyous news ever.

I have changed my random thoughts several times since I started writing this blog. I'm doing it once again, and I hope for the last time. I woke up this morning with a strong impression that I needed to change th…

Co-ed dorms were just beginning to be a thing back in the 60's, when John and Mary Ellen were students at the Altoona Campus of Penn State University. Co-ed was what the dorm was called when the men's wing and th…