September 2024 Spending time at a state prison is a learning experience. Newly arriving inmates go to the chapel to…
July 9, 2024 “I have a praise report!” Inmates don’t typically have praise reports. Usually, I hear a complaint or…
June 24, 2024 On my first day teaching at a men’s prison, an inmate made the statement that he had…
June 17, 2024 Apparently, I am not excused from Matthew 25:35-46. In the story of “the least of these,” Jesus…
January 2, 2024 I honestly believed our work in ministry would slow down as we aged, but I could not…
I could not be prouder of Sheila and the ministry she leads. For more than a decade, Simply Sisters® has…
Rob Benson is an executive and corporate coach. He says, “Communicate your core values. If they are really core, they…
Significant or Not? A big announcement to me may seem like a small one to you. We have so many…
Financial accountability of ministries is important. That’s why I am taking the next few sentences to report on the funds…
Simply Sisters® is not just about Sheila Shields. There’s Rachel (who recently had her first baby – a girl named…
He’s been in prison since 2001 and is likely to remain there another 5 years. By his own admission it…
We have money. Not enough to solve all of the problems, but enough to help Ukrainians who are struggling against…
It’s so simple that either you or I could have said it, but someone else beat us to it. Though…
I grew up on a farm in the rolling hills of eastern Iowa. We didn’t own the farm or the…
The day will be forever etched in my mind as the day an extraordinary, undeniable, miracle took place in the…
