By Andrea Johnson Remember the saying “It’s always darkest before the dawn”? There was a season in my life when I wondered how dark the “darkest”...
By Andrea Johnson I was on my first lap around a lake trail trying to get a run in before the temperature rose any higher when...
By Andrea Johnson Whoever can spin the most plates at once wins, right? The busier a person’s schedule is, the more important we assume they are....
By Andrea Johnson Uncle Willy had just warned my husband, Denny, and me that although the hike up the mountain we were on was safe, there...
By Andrea Johnson Judging by the sound of laughter and gleeful shrieks before we even rounded the corner of the tree-lined path to the neighborhood “hill,”...
By Andrea Johnson “Stop your whining or I’ll give you something to whine about!” I’m sure you’ve heard those words before. My dad used them a lot when my siblings...
By Andrea Johnson I wonder what that first Christmas was like for Mary after Jesus left this earth. I don’t know that her family would have celebrated birthdays even though it’s obvious that rulers of the...
By Andrea Johnson If you’ve been part of a church for more than a year, you have hopefully taken part in some kind of pastor’s appreciation effort. (October...
By Andrea Johnson My favorite books to read are biographies, people’s testimonies. I have yet to read a work of fiction as riveting as someone’s own...
By Andrea Johnson Did you know you could be part of one of the most important ministries in the church? It doesn’t require a specific skill...