by Deb Kalmbach | Uncategorized
My mission is to help each person identify her strengths, take them seriously, and offer them to the world, states Marcus Buckingham in his new book, Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently (Thomas Nelson).My first thought:...
by Deb Kalmbach | Uncategorized
On Monday evening, our community experienced what I believe was a holy moment. We gathered together to mourn the loss of a six-year-old child, and to express our love and support to the family. The tragedy is incomprehensible as they have barely experienced healing...
by Deb Kalmbach | Uncategorized
My husband Randy celebrated his –drum roll, please–56th birthday a couple of weeks ago! As they say in Alcoholics Anonymous, that’s a “belly button” birthday. His sobriety birthday is coming up on 9 years–a miraculous, joyous...
by Deb Kalmbach | Uncategorized
I’m in my fleecy bathrobe this morning–my favorite part of Saturday morning. Just having quiet time with the Lord, time to think and pray. I love not having to race out the door for work. I look outside at the beauty of early spring. Seeing green grass,...
by Deb Kalmbach | Uncategorized
Who can forget Tony Campolo’s incredibly powerful message from a number of years ago, It’s Friday, but Sunday’s Coming! Just in case you’ve never heard it, Tony Campolo, a pastor and university professor, recounted a sermon preached by an...
by Deb Kalmbach | Uncategorized
One of the first scripture verses I memorized was Proverbs 3:5,6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”I memorized those words out of...