Hello Altered Stories Family, Let me set the stage for a moment. You are fast asleep, and your husband comes in, waking you up with bad news. Not just the ordinary kind, but the kind of news that twists your gut. One of your dear friends has taken their last breath...

Hello Altered Stories Family! Have you ever had one of those moments where you are so overcome that you know you don’t deserve new mercy, because you have so screwed up? I have. When I had come back to the Lord, and was slowly getting my life right before him after...

How are we doing, really? And how is our sanity measured -- by how we stay connected, how much Vitamin D we’re getting, how many projects we’re finally getting to? Maybe we should pump the brakes. Not every expanse of time needs to be optimized. Not every waking...

Photo Credit: www.freebibleimages.org Hello Altered Stories Family, As we have finished the season of Passover, and the celebration of our  Lord’s resurrection, I want to take a moment to consider what is coming next. When I first gave my life to the Lord, and I...

Hello Altered Stories Ministry Family, During this time of being locked down, I wanted to take a few moments to talk about a time in my life that was so impacting, and what that means for right here, right now. A few years ago when I lived in Phoenix, Mike and I were...

2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV) “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”  Hello Altered Stories Ministry Family, As I write, the world seems to be blowing up around us with fears growing about the Covid19 virus, shortages in food...

This month of March, we are going to look at what seems to be two competing natures of God, as he is both a Lion and a Lamb.  You see this idea is all through the scriptures, both the one to judge, and the one to be judged for the sins of the world. Both Old and New...

Hello Altered Stories family. As this month is typically known as the month of love, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on this by asking a few questions. We normally think of love as love for family or perhaps a significant other. However, where does love start?...

Hello, and thank you for taking the time to read my blog that I have agreed to write for Altered Stories Ministry.  My hope and prayer, as we get to know each other, is that I can be an encouragement to you on the path you are walking with the Lord.  If you don't know...

Photo Credits Steinar Engeland I work in a busy office as a receptionist - as Gatekeeper, I greet clients, answer phones, field questions, confirm meetings and deliver documents. All this is secondary, I feel, to my higher calling of whispering prayers, calming...