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Why I’m Not Afraid To Air My Dirty Laundry On Sundays
Last Sunday we returned from a family trip in the wee hours of the morning. After attending church and eating a good meal, we spent the majority of the afternoon relaxing, what we normally do on...
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Why You Should Consider The Gospel According To Country Music
Country music gets a bad rap. I used to think it consisted of Hee Haw’s cast singing about getting drunk because their wife ran off with their best friend’s sister’s brother-in-law from her third...
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Inspiring Stories: Tammy’s Story {by Tammy Bolt Werthem}
I Surrender All It‘s an honor to have Tammy Werthem share in our inspiring stories series. Her ministry, iwokeupyesterday.com. shares hope and healing with men and women. Read her story and check...
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Why We Need To Talk About Our Messy Lives
{and a give-away} I stood in the my drive way with dirty hands from pulling weeds. An acquaintance stopped to talk with me about life beyond the picket fence. “If someone’s life is picture-perfect,...
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Facing My Fears And Why I’m Running to God
I’ve had this post in my head for months. It’s about fears. It’s about food. And it’s all about God. This week, I stepped out in facing my fears by making a forty day personal commitment between me and...
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How To Walk Away From Temptation and Finish Strong
Since we’re surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles and let us run with perseverance the race marked before us,...
View ArticlePG-13: Why The Church Has Failed These Children
Foster children are the voiceless children in America. They are the ones we have failed. As I talk to adults who lived in foster care as children and as I look in the eyes of children pulled from one...
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What Is Needed For Restoring Relationships
When I look out on the sea of faces, some young, some old, I see tears, heartache and unspoken pain. It’s behind the beautiful demeanor, but present all the same. When I speak on broken relationships,...
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When Wounds Won’t Heal (and a giveaway for you)
There are wounds that heal. And then there are wounds that are always there. A festering sore. A dull pain that reminds you of the hurt. A thorn in the flesh Paul (the apostle) called it. He asked God...
View ArticleThe Power of Honoring Our Stories
I sat across from her. In the glow of the restaurant, she looked away and spoke from her pain. She was honest with me. I heard and understood her. The book of her life opened. It began making sense to...
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Never Be Shamed Again
And never again will my people be shamed…Joel 2:26, 27 I looked out on the sea of faces, men and women, black and white, young and old, and saw their eyes. Eyes that a few minutes before were...
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Lessons From A Thing Called Grace
“I struggle with it,” she said, looking me in the eyes. She was struggling with judgment, but also with grace. I’ve wrestled with judgment and grace. Have you? Judging others when they broke rules you...
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How To Handle Unmet Holiday Expectations
My hometown is beautiful at Christmas with twinkling lights and picture perfect decorations. It mirrors the image of Christmas. A season of great expectations. Unmet holiday expectations are...
View ArticleJeremiah 29:11 Does God Have Plans for You in 2014?
Do you believe God has plans for you in 2014? Are you familiar with the verse from Jeremiah 29:11? “‘For I know the plans I have for you’ declares the Lord. ‘Plans to prosper you and not to harm you,...
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Three Steps For Emotional Healing
“They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched him were healed.” Mark 6:56 What do think of when you hear the word emotional healing? Is it something you long for?...
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Healing and Hope of A Spring Thaw
The sun is beautiful today, reflecting it’s glory off the snow-covered ground that’s been our view for the last three months. For most of the cold-belt, it’s been the winter of all winters. Over 100...
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Insecurity: The Secret Most Moms Hide
“I don’t need you to envy me, I just need you to be proud of me.” The words poured onto the screen as she typed them to her mom. At forty-something, she felt like a little girl again, revisiting her...
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Athena Moberg-A Military Mom’s Story {Part 1}
It’s my privilege to introduce you to my dear friend, Athena Moberg, of Maui, Hawaii. She is one of the most remarkable women I know – I’m glad to call her friend, and I’m excited to speak at her Aloha...
View ArticleArriving at Twenty Five Years Of Marriage
Today I’m married twenty-five years. It’s a significant milestone for sure, but in usual Yoder fashion, we aren’t making a big deal of it. Mr. Yoder is either playing church softball tonight with two...
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5 Ways To Be A Dad To The Fatherless This Father’s Day
There’s an epidemic in the United States that’s politically incorrect to talk about. On Father’s Day, I’m compelled to avoid writing another blog post about good dads. Don’t get me wrong – good dads...
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