OVERWHELMED BY MY BLESSINGS

I'm doing a little bit of blog thinking and have recently moved our manymeadows.com blog over to this one. Still unsure what my plans a...

Saturday, Dirk and I had the opportunity to share during three breakout sessions during a marriage seminar.  This is the hand-out Dirk comp...

A lot of people talk about serving and giving to others “out of the overflow”,  speaking of the overflow of God’s presence and love. I’v...

No, not my shirt, but I’ve done that before.  You know, half-asleep, or in the dark, you slip your shirt over your head, and it just doesn’t...

Last night I attended Converge – the first in a series of monthly meetings at the NW campus of Lifechurch.tv . on worship.  There were nea...

She came on a Wednesday night...was assigned to my group. Her dark skin and shy smile attracted me to her immediately. I'm a hugger....a...

About 2 months ago, Dirk discovered an enlarged lymph on his left side.  It didn’t go away.  He scheduled an appointment with our family doc...

In juggling the preparation for two weddings in the very near future ( our oldest son’s , May 29, and one of our daughter’s , July 31), and ...

The Meadows’ family vision statement is:   Living, loving, learning, leaving a legacy of Christ-followers impacting the world.   It’s an eas...

What are you looking at? Your checkbook? Your health? Your disobedient children (or spouse)? Your fading hope in dreams that may nev...

"I think if I sat down with a psychologist and told him my thoughts, he'd say there is something really wrong with me". I'...

Last Thursday, Erin came over to show me her rash.  "Mom, I think I have chicken pox." Now, that's not a normal thing to hea...

You know those days when everything you've worked so hard to teach your children just seems to fall apart?  All the things you've pr...