by Maxine Marsolini | Jun 13, 2019 | Dynamic Family, Family Spotlight |
Have you been surprised by a stranger’s goodness? I have. It came so unexpectedly. Giving is doing what we were made for: loving God and our neighbors.[1] A stranger’s goodness was not what we went looking for. My sister and niece took time off work to...
by Maxine Marsolini | May 30, 2019 | Dynamic Family, Family Spotlight |
Choose to Do the Impossible Doing the impossible depends on what we believe to be true. When I was a young girl, perhaps nine or ten, I was small in stature and sometimes told I was “too little” to do certain jobs like hanging a blanket on the clothesline. This adult...
by Maxine Marsolini | May 2, 2019 | Dynamic Family, Family Spotlight |
Indecisive thoughts . . . moving beyond maybe or maybe not is not always easy. Maybe I should or maybe I shouldn’t, plague most of us at least some of the time. Should I buy that new car? Should I accept this new job offer? Should I relocate? Is it time to break...
by Maxine Marsolini | Apr 20, 2019 | Dynamic Family, Family Spotlight |
The fact that the garden tomb could not hold Him is cause for celebration. This single truth is great news for all of us. Jesus conquered death! He’s made a way for us to do the same. Mark 16:2-7 (NIV) Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise,...
by Maxine Marsolini | Apr 4, 2019 | Family Spotlight, Money Talk |
Closing the gap between desire and reality is achieved through determination We are all manufacturers. Some make good, others make trouble, and still others make excuses.[i] Some make garden beds and others, like me, are happy in the kitchen trying out new recipes. I...
by Maxine Marsolini | Mar 21, 2019 | Family Spotlight, Money Talk |
Beware! The payday loan trap is out to get you Americans spend $7.4 billion per year on payday loans, including an average of $520 in interest per borrower for eight $375 loans or extensions.[i] While enjoying a drive into downtown Portland via Powell Boulevard, I...