By Rondi Lauterbach ‘Tis the season to be overwhelmed and the countdown to Christmas is going strong. It’s not only the shopping and baking and decorating and wrapping and shipping, it’s that we can’t hit the pause button on the rest of life.  I just got off the phone with my daughter. She’s overwhelmed with...

By Rondi Lauterbach Starved.  That’s how I felt as I walked in the door at 5:30.  I dumped my purse onto the kitchen table, dropped books, parcels, and the dry cleaning into a chair, and headed for the pantry.  Dinner simmered away in a crock pot, filling the house with the smell of teriyaki chicken,...

  By Rondi Lauterbach The wedding was beautiful, but the reception was over the top. I was refilling my plate with baked brie when I noticed the full menu: Chicken Cordon Bleu Salmon Standing Rib Roast Spinach Risotto Scalloped Potatoes Caprese Salad Right then three waiters marched past carrying silver trays loaded with assorted petit...

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series we are running on all things organization. Some of us are better at this skill than others, so we have enlisted some women who have some wisdom to offer us regarding organization in our varying seasons of life. by Rondi Lauterbach Housekeeping ain’t no joke.  ~Louisa...

  By Rondi Lauterbach I wake up with a groan. One eye checks the alarm clock. Internally, I ask myself, “Why do I feel so lousy?” And then I remember. I finished off the Dove bars last night. “Be honest”, an inner voice nags, “you started AND finished them”. While I want to spank myself...

By Rondi Lauterbach Tracy is a woman in our church who could fit into both “younger” and “older” categories in Titus 2. She’s still very much in the middle of raising their only child, but she also decided to help mentor Sylvia (not her name), a still younger woman with three little ones. Q: Why did...