Author: Lynnette Goebel

In a culture that demands formal teaching – from college degrees to seminar certificates – we often lose sight of the opportunities for informal teaching.…

At a plant sale many years ago, I bought a stick for $2.00. The little tag on it said that it was a redbud tree.…

Several years ago, I read the book The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown. An exceptional book, it describes how “with a team…

As the summer lengthens, I’ve noticed more and more families taking vacations, enjoying the freedom of being together and being able to hug each other.…

A couple of years ago, my cat was violently playing with her toy and she crashed into the leg of my telescope. I heard a…

“There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town . . .” During a recent discussion at work, this phrase from a Carolyn Arends song…

Several years ago, I attended a camp conference which focused on the theme: Keep Watch. I flew from the middle of the country to the West Coast, spending…

Asymptomatic. We’ve been hearing that word a lot lately. In medicine, any disease is classified asymptomatic if a patient tests as having a disease or infection but experiences no symptoms. When people…

Years ago, a woman learned that her husband was having an affair with another woman. One evening she walked onto the deck where her husband…

As a reminder to those of you who do not know me, I am not a pastor’s wife. I work in the home office of…