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April 2025 Announcements
April 2025 Announcements: It’s Not Too Late for NatCon2025; Easter Message from Rebecca; International Spotlight
April 2025 On the Side: Fragrance
Our actions and attitudes, like the fragrance of Christ, are noticed by others. Whether in moments of ease or stress, we are called to reflect His love and grace, especially in our marriages, as a testimony to the world.
March 2025 Announcements
March 2025 Announcements: Heart to Heart, Deadline for Special Gift at NatCon, Match Day and Dr’s Day are coming!
March 2025 On the Side: Not A "Just"
Several years ago, I had the opportunity to speak to about 500 women. It was a day full of worship music, a stage artist, plenty of vendors and a prayer room where each of the ladies in attendance were given a name of God (ELROI, JEHOVAH, IMMANUEL etc…)…
February 2025 Announcements
February 2025 Announcements: Annual Conference Saturday Sessions, NatCon Promo Video, Love Challenge, PAACS Conference
February 2025 On the Side: Love Never Fails
As a little girl, I remember Valentine's Day so vividly -- decorating a shoebox to hold our cards at school, picking just the right Valentine for each friend in our class and uh, having bronchitis several years in a row and missing the whole thing….
January 2025 Announcements
January 2025 Announcements: Happy New Year, New Chapter in Billings, MT, Giving Update, Kids Kamp at NatCon, Learn More about St. Charles, MO, NATCON Early Bird Pricing Deadline
January 2025 On the Side: A Beautiful Mess
I miss basements!
Growing up in Colorado, then moving to Minnesota (residency), Pennsylvania (fellowship) and then back to Colorado (another fellowship) I always had a basement to rely on for storage. Now in California, where the seismic activity doesn’t allow for such a luxury, I am at a loss for storage space…
December 2024 Announcements
December 2025 Announcements: New Chapters in Tyler, Texas and Long Island, NY, Social Media Advent Calendar, NatCon Speaker Highlight: Shannon Popkin, Global Health Missions Conference Recap
December 2024 On the Side: A Family Calling
The Child Life Specialist was working with my three-year-old triplets in an effort to prepare them all for Benjamin’s upcoming surgery…
November 2024 Announcements
November 2024 Announcements: New Chapter Alert in Gadsden, AL, New Chapter Rumblings, Recap from the Executive Team Retreat and Executive Team Interest Form
November 2024 On the Side: The Green House
The house was green. There was no denying that. It had three bedrooms and a two-car garage with a short driveway leading to a major street. It also had a big, fenced backyard. But most of all it was green…
October 2024 Announcements
October 2024 Announcements: Discount Code for NatCon, Announcing our New International Director, New Chapter in Jacksonville, FL, Pray Over the Executive Team Retreat, and the Northeast Regional CMDA Conference.
October 2024 On the Side: I Remember You
I had just met her but - yeah, I knew - we were gonna be great friends. Honestly, I don’t think it was even a Side By Side meeting. I was in my first post-partum fog and just remember gathering at another mom’s house where we were introduced. Like me, she’d worked as a physical therapist, she was also the wife of a resident, and she loved Jesus…
September 2024 Announcements
September 2024 Announcements: New chapters, Upcoming CMDA Events, Twelve12 Refined Conference, Executive Team Applications
September 2024 On the Side: Contentment and a Lapful of Puppies
Last week we moved our youngest to college. And I did the only thing a mother who now has four adult children can do: I rescued a dog….to add to the other two dogs we already have...
August 2024 Announcements
August 2024 Announcements: New Virtual International Group, Executive Team Interest
August 2024 On the Side: Seeking Truth
The young woman sat across the table from me, awaiting my response.
I regarded her carefully. She must have thought I didn’t understand her question, because now she was restating it. I paused, knowing the answer she was searching for, but not being willing to give it to her.
Her question was, “Where do you go for truth?”
July 2024 Announcements
July 2024 Announcements: Happy Medical New Year, International Director Role, NatCon 2025, Marriage Enrichment Weekend
July 2024 On the Side: Shooting for Five Stars
A 5-star review is nothing compared to the reward of a lifetime of counting the hours you are apart and celebrating every reunion in a way that speaks to you both; knowing that when the storms come, he is praying for me to be sustained, to endure and to cope. Knowing that together, our tomorrow seems brighter no matter the season, the sickness, or the storm.