Quite often, I’ve noticed that in August or September, my mind drifts to November and December’s holidays. I think to myself “Maybe we can spend this Christmas with our distant cousins… Maybe we will dedicate our Thanksgiving morning walking the annual Turkey Trot 5k.”  Items like this cross my mind

These past few weeks have been a whirlwind of “firsts.” I ran my first 5K, made my debut at Carnegie Hall in New York City, and turned 51! As a singer reaching the stage of Carnegie Hall was, at best, a dream I thought I would never realize. As I

I met Rev. Chad Abbott, pastor of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Alexandria, KY, [editor’s note: Rev. Abbott is currently the Designated Conference Minister of the Indiana-Kentucky Conference] at a clergy gathering in the Cincinnati area more than a year ago. As we were chatting after the formal

This past summer my family and I went on a trip of a lifetime to Walt Disney World with my parents. Beyond the heat, it truly was magical in every way. As a part of our trip we went to the Pixar Animations Studio where they had a “Short Film