Rhonda’s Blog

It happened eight years ago. A young woman from my home community was stricken suddenly with a catastrophic stroke. She, like I, is the mother of boys. One of the

And that’s a wrap! Christmas 2025 is in the books, and was it ever a doozy. For two weeks, normal life was suspended as the food furnaces (thinly disguised as

“And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the

He struggles as he comes in the door. A jaunty cap seated firmly on his aged brow, he presents at the front desk, clutching an envelope. “I need you to

In a mere two weeks, they will land. Mr. Schrock has pulled off his version of a Hallmark Christmas miracle, and on a wintry December Saturday, three blue-eyed sons from

Last year, a young man stepped into a large and exciting assignment. The door that opened was not exactly the one he would have chosen. Yet, in spite of a

On a brisk fall day, I pointed my snappy, red car toward our small-town grocery store. We were nearly out of milk, and I knew the fallout if that were

They did not come with a warning, those four infants of mine. “Heads up, lady! This is nothing. The pain of birthing something the size of a Volkswagen is child’s

“It is every child’s birthright.” Those are the words that came to me as I listened to the mother from Memphis. Operating under the governor’s command, National Guard troops were

Here in the Midwest, fall’s brush has begun to touch the land. This year’s arrival is late. Unseasonably warm weather has delayed its return. Now, though, there are bits of