by Deb Kalmbach | adultery, reconciliation
I recently received an email from a friend with the subject line: Our society has stooped to an all-time low. A link to a commercial shows a middle-aged couple in bed. The husband tosses and turns while the homely woman next to him snores. The tag-line states...
by Deb Kalmbach | KlaasKidsFoundation, Margaret McSweeney
A message on the reader board outside a Wenatchee, WA business last week simply said, “Pray for Mackenzie.” I had heard on the radio that a 17-year-old girl named Mackenzie Cowell had gone missing in the Wenatchee area earlier in the week. By the time I...
by Deb Kalmbach | moms, pro-life
I was 18-years-old when I found out I was pregnant with our son, Chris. Randy and I were very much in love, and we were both excited about becoming parents, but fear of the unknown brought a lot of apprehension. Movies always showed women writhing in pain during...
by Deb Kalmbach | divorce, Laura Munson essay
I heard the news the other day. A young couple in our community is divorced. Because we live in a small town, news like this touches everyone. I remembered only a few years ago when they were planning a wedding, bubbling over with excitement, love for each other...
by Deb Kalmbach | Uncategorized
So I finally got the last of the Christmas decorations packed away. It seems to always take much longer to un-decorate, than to decorate, and as one of my friends pointed out, “Nothing ever fits back in the box!” How true! Before I leave the 2009 holiday season...
by Deb Kalmbach | New Year, Pearl Girls
The Christmas season is a warm memory of times spent with our family. For the most part, I tried to heed the words of my 12/13 blog post about not getting overwhelmed by all the holiday hustle and bustle–always a challenge for me. I still have the tendency to...
by Deb Kalmbach | Uncategorized
What Really Mattersby Dawn Meehan In the hustle and bustle and commercialism of Christmas, take time to remember the real reason why we celebrate – the birth of Christ, our Lord and Saviour. May you all have a blessed Christmas! I had a VERY long day with the...
by Deb Kalmbach | Uncategorized
All Decked Out For Christmasby Maureen Lang One of the reasons so many of us love the holiday season is that it’s just so…pretty! Twinkling lights, shiny ornaments, packages that glisten with bows and fancy wrapping. Our houses are trimmed with wreaths and...
by Deb Kalmbach | Uncategorized
Magnificatby Anna Joujan Holy. Holy. Holy is the Lord. The familiar catch of breath. The sting in the eyes. And the tears begin to flow with the falling rain. Or do the tears fall with the flowing rain. What is it in these words that I whisper that wrenches at my...
by Deb Kalmbach | Uncategorized
A Soggy, Jolly, Holly Christmasby Melody Carlson One of my most memorable Christmases started out as a natural disaster. But isn’t that a bit how a pearl is formed? An oyster’s soft easy life is disrupted by the invasion of sand, but something good comes...
