Learning to Live With Grace, Compassion, and the Nature of a Servant
When people learn the premise of my blog, 97% of the time I hear this question: “Do you volunteer with your kids?” My answer: “Heck, yes!” Helping others not only benefits those in need, but rewards our family as well. In striving to embody the nature of a servant, my … [Read more...]
Our church has a food bank open once a week to the public. Folks in the community contact service organization Care to Share and go through a screening process. Care to Share then delegates families to us to provide a little over a week’s worth of food. It’s the same process that … [Read more...]
Where I Went: This week marked the 6th month my daughters and I have delivered for SCAT. If you haven’t heard of this amazing ministry, please read about the first time we volunteered, or the second, or the third, or the fourth, or the fifth. The Job: The afternoon started … [Read more...]
Here in the Portland, Oregon region, our kids have one month left of summer vacation. 4 weeks leaves plenty of time to volunteer with the following organizations serving those in need. For those living outside of the Portland Metro vicinity, read my suggestions for finding a … [Read more...]
Seven months For seven months I’ve been serving every week. It’s sort of surreal. This is ME we’re talking about. Not someone who was born to save the world. Not someone who wakes up wondering who she gets to care for today. Not Mother Theresa, not Shane Claiborne. Just … [Read more...]