Author: Jodi Decker

Under Construction      I was literally “sweating it out” on this month’s blog topic—pun intended.  During these dog days of summer, I can’t think, and all I want to do is read in a shaded […]

     “For you were called to freedom, brother.  Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another,” Galatians 5:13.      Next week we celebrate July 4th.  […]

          This blog is an early recognition for Father’s Day.   I’m honoring the three fathers in my life.      My  father is 96 years old.  We’re hoping he makes it to 100.  He’s still bright […]

     It’s almost the end of the school year.  You might have kids and grandkids in school.  Some of you are probably in school, working on a degree.   And some, like myself, are teachers.  Whichever […]

     “I Can Only Imagine.”  I loved this song when it came out.   Now the Christian movie by the same name has been released.  In my Spring movie review “tradition,” I would like to recommend […]

     As I’ve watched the Winter Olympics the past two weeks, a good word to describe their hopes, their dreams, their goals, their wants, their attainment, their achievement is aspire.  While I’ve never had lofty […]

     Give Out of Poverty.   I saw that saying on social media.  Give out of poverty?  What?! Rather than thinking, aww, what a nice sentiment, I felt a flash of anger.       Lord, really?  Have […]

Unlike the popular U2 song, this is a story of finding what you’re looking for.  Awhile back, I wrote about doing my DNA testing for fun.  Then, I “met” a DNA cousin match online.  As […]

     I’m blessed.  Every year my blog falls on or near the Thanksgiving holiday.  As I write this, praise music is playing in the background.      Recently, I read another history lesson about Thanksgiving.  The […]

     I’m not ready for that, I thought, in response to our guest speaker from Vineyard San Diego, who spoke last weekend of bringing homeless people into her home to eat and have a place […]