Author: John Smith

By Jane Highley Dear Virginia and Sonia: I want to teach you so much about beauty. I know that you see me getting ready for work or for the occasional date-night: the lipstick, the hair, the outfit, the earrings, and the shoes. All those things mean a lot to me because I want to feel...

By Justin I have lived in PA for the last year as a foster child, and since being here, I have had a lot of firsts in my life. This was my first trip with the New Life Dresher youth group and to Ocean City. I have had a lot of struggles in my life...

By Rae Barnes My summer with four littles home started with a bang. First, my eldest got lice from one of her girlfriends at school after sharing a headband. Two days later, my three-year-old son tried to eat a penny, and we ended up in the ER at CHOP to get it removed. It was...

By Melanie Kauffman A few weeks ago, I had to get my car inspected in Doylestown and annoyingly enough, it didn’t pass inspection all because the front bumper cover was loose. This preoccupied my thoughts while I drove out of the dealership parking lot and turned in the opposite direction of home. I wandered around...

By a New Lifer For the last year of my life, every time I hear the song “Good, Good Father”, I lose it.  Break down.  Sometimes in quiet tears streaming down my face. Other times it is deep, earth-shattering sobs that wrack my body.  Every time I hear the song I am saddened because this...

By Bethany Serridge Each year when April and May come around, I hem and haw internally about whether I should sign up to teach summer Sunday School.  After all, the school year is super busy, and by May, I feel ready for a break.  Also, we, like every other family at NLD, travel quite a...

By Ruth Anne Burke There’s a new background track at our house these days. It’s our three-year-old daughter wandering around singing at the top of her lungs, “Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ooooh He loves me.” We have the staff of Cubs in Motion to thank for these spontaneous outbursts of praise. Cubs...

By Connie Eroh Home Group. What is it good for? Allow me to share some thoughts and some of my personal experiences with Home Groups at New Life Dresher. Home Group Fellowships serve to minister to the congregation in a more personal way than can be accomplished in a Sunday morning worship service. While the...

By Dan Curley In June I was watching on the news about the devastation caused by torrential rains that hit West Virginia and felt God pull at my heart strings.  We are called to serve others in the name of Jesus, and here were thousands of people in need just a few hours away. It...

By Merideth Kids in Motion is by far my favorite camp to be a part of. It’s one of the best feelings in the world to run around with a bunch of kids and teach them about the word of God! One might end up with a stampede of rambunctious boys, or have half the...

By Katie Humphries First off, I will admit that I am not a city person. I can take them in small doses, but I prefer mountains, woods, rivers and lakes. I honestly wasn’t sure if I would be up for going to Easton, but with a little push from my good friend Tim Gorbey, and...

By Charlotte Gleason Discontent and I spend a lot of time together in the summer. He typically moves in after our family travels to somewhere other than here. I started the summer on the coast of Maine, where I could walk to Acadia’s rocky coast and smell the wild roses. Discontent quickly pointed to things...