Erik & Erica

I love to listen to music but I can also be oblivious in my listening.  I can listen to a song a handful of times and even sing along to it without realizing what it is that I’m singing. ...

In the early days of my marriage, I nagged and complained a lot.  With 3 little boys in the house and a full time job, it was impossible to keep the house clean.  I’d go into these...

It’s hard to stop and see the beauty around us with all the chores of life.  When the weather channel forecasts snow for instance, there is so much prep to do: shopping for essentials,...

For those of you that don’t know what a parable is…it’s basically a story that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson.  Throughout the New Testament, Jesus uses parables as a teaching...

When you look up the words gratitude and thankfulness in the dictionary, it says that they mean essentially the same thing… “a feeling of appreciation or gratefulness for something...

The home we purchased this year has 2 existing violations. One was for an existing wood deck that was erected 40 years ago without a permit and the second was for an oversized green...