Melissa JacksonSep 1, 20212 minA spur is not for comfortFor close to one year my alarm goes off at 5:15am on Tuesday mornings. A small group of neighbors on my street gather over zoom for...
Melissa JacksonMar 17, 20212 minWelcome home Mr. Polar Bear; Inviting Others InAs our family paraded around the department store looking for new towels, my four-year-old had found a beautiful, white stuffed polar...
Melissa JacksonMar 10, 20212 minSpit out the sour, but hold tight to the berryHave you ever bit into something expecting one taste and receiving the opposite? It is usually a jolt to the system as our brain...
Daly SchmidtMar 8, 20214 minThe Shallow, the Wannabe's, and the Must be's"Musing over this month’s topic has kept my mind thoroughly entertained – nay, pre-occupied – with one line from Romans 12:9: “Love must...
Daly SchmidtFeb 11, 20213 minSweet (Without Even Wincing)“Sweetness” has become a relative term, applied to the things that naturally cause us to feel a sense of happiness. Like a child who can...