“Let love be your guide. Decency matters.”
“Do as God does…Let LOVE be your guide.” Ephesians 5:1
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Read MoreCulture Shock
May 31, 2017 In my last blog post, I wrote about the lessons I learned during my mission trip to the Philippines. The following weekend, I shared the lessons I wrote about including my feelings of being a stranger with our church group. Afterwards, one of the ladies approached me, and told me that I was […]
Read MoreExpectations, Extractions, and A Stranger
May 5, 2017 I recently returned from a two week medical mission trip in the Philippines with 6 members of my church and a total of 80 members of the Asian Relief Mission Services (ARMS). It was a remarkable experience! This trip had a special significance because it was my first time back to the […]
Read MoreLessons Learned in 2016
December 31, 2016 It’s that time of year when we reflect about all the things, both good and bad, that have happened this past year and then create resolutions for the new year. I spent the last few weeks incubating the various ideas on how to frame my last blog entry of the year. I decided to reflect on the […]
Read MoreThe Making of a Connoisseur
December 1, 2016 My first job was a cashier position at Stambaugh-Thompson’s which was a hardware and lumber store in Western Pennsylvania. I worked the front line primarily, but throughout my three years, I also worked the lumber desk, the lumber yard, and the return desk. All of these areas were still cashier-level positions; however, […]
Read MoreMy Encounter
October 22, 2016 Last month, I had the opportunity to join a group of women from my church on a weekend getaway out in the country for what they call an “Encounter Weekend”. The purpose of the encounter, is to encounter God. For some ladies, it may be a first time; for others, it is […]
Read MoreMy Testament
June 30, 2016 I decided to clean out some boxes in the garage, and ran across a folder of papers written during my undergraduate years at Penn State. With a minor in Gerontology, I took a course that covered a section on “end of life” issues. One of our assignments was to write our own obituary […]
Read MoreForgiveness
15 June 2016 We generally think of growth spurts as a significant feature of our physical growth that occurs during adolescence and/or teenage years. Considering that I missed the physical growth spurt in my own life course, I like to think that I’ve made up for it in my personal development during adulthood. In particular, […]
Read MoreBook Ends
April 04, 2016 As an avid reader, bookends are so useful as they hold some of my favorite items together. They hold what most people would consider the important stuff – books, the series of stories and rich experiences. However, rarely are the bookends, or what they symbolize (the beginning and end), the focus of […]
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Rebecca A. Siders, PhD 