Like most things in my life, I start out doing
one thing and it morphs into a completely other thing. Start teaching, end up
preaching. Start single, end up married. Start vaguely agnostic and end up
Christian. Start Pennsylvanian and end up West Virginian. Start mathematician,
end up theologian. Start with French, and end up adding Greek and Hebrew. Start
out mom, end up grandmom. Point is, God always has a better idea. This
ministry, WV Living Stone Ministries, started out with a passionate testimony
about suicide recovery, Valley of the Shadow, (available for purchase in
our store on this website 😊) and has morphed into something bigger and
better than I'd ever thought, or hoped, or imagined. Now I travel all over the
place not just to give seminars and testimony about suicide prevention and
recovery, but also spiritual retreats and church events on all things
Christian. And I'm having a blast.
Why WVLSM? Because I love the verses in I
Peter 2:4,5: "As you come to Him, that Living Stone rejected by men but in
the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are
being built up as a spiritual house, to be holy priesthood, to offer spiritual
sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." Is there anything more
dead than stone? Yet in my mind I picture a great building on a huge foundation
stone of Christ, pulsating with life, and as each stone gets set in place, the
indestructible life-force of Jesus quickens it as well.
Why WV? Because it is my adopted home state
and very beautiful. And if you put WV in front of any domain name you are
almost sure to find it is available. It doesn't mean I don't go to other
states; my work has taken me to NC, OH, and even France. When can I come to yours?
Why mountain? Because most of the cool and
exciting things in the Bible happened on mountains - Mt. Horeb, Mt. Sinai, Mt.
Carmel, Mt. of Olives, etc. And because WV is the mountain state, the only
state with all 55 counties in the Appalachians.
Why percolator? Because that is my favorite
way to brew coffee. My brother said, "But the water goes through the
grounds more than once." Tosh, tosh. That makes it richer, hotter, and
without the bitterness. When we go back to the Bible over and over, we get richer
and more on fire for Christ, and less bitter.
So let's connect, and share the journey.
Because no matter what we are when we start, God is doing something amazing
with us.
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