Dave has a Masters of Religious Education from Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School, and was active in children's and
youth ministry for 17 years before going on disability. He
contracted Lyme Disease during his college years in Wisconsin,
but was undiagnosed for 15 years. He has been treated for 7
years now, and is making progress. Click here to read Dave and
Merry's Story. He loves the outdoors, helping people, and
Evangelical Divinity School, and was active in children's and
youth ministry for 17 years before going on disability. He
contracted Lyme Disease during his college years in Wisconsin,
but was undiagnosed for 15 years. He has been treated for 7
years now, and is making progress. Click here to read Dave and
Merry's Story. He loves the outdoors, helping people, and
Merry is a stay at home, homeschooling mom to their two
children, Zachary (10) and Anna (8), and caregiver and wife to
Dave for 18 wonderful (and sometimes quite intense) years. She
wanted to be a pastor's wife since age ten. Her hobbies include
writing, reading, going out for ice cream with friends, chatting on
the Sonlight (homeschool) boards, and homeschooling! She has a
B.A. in English and has been published in several magazines
including Marriage Partnership, Just Between Us,
children, Zachary (10) and Anna (8), and caregiver and wife to
Dave for 18 wonderful (and sometimes quite intense) years. She
wanted to be a pastor's wife since age ten. Her hobbies include
writing, reading, going out for ice cream with friends, chatting on
the Sonlight (homeschool) boards, and homeschooling! She has a
B.A. in English and has been published in several magazines
including Marriage Partnership, Just Between Us,
longs to return to teaching adult SundaySchool. Dave still feels called to full-time
ministry, and Lord willing will one day return. In the meantime, read Dave's
Perspective.
ministry, and Lord willing will one day return. In the meantime, read Dave's
Perspective.
Christian Reader, Cornerstone, and Virtue. Read
her articles Testing Our Vows, Lost in Translation,
and Simple Gifts. Preview the book she is working
on, Invisible Illness, Visible God. Parents please
check out Happy Hands.
her articles Testing Our Vows, Lost in Translation,
and Simple Gifts. Preview the book she is working
on, Invisible Illness, Visible God. Parents please
check out Happy Hands.
Hope is My Anchor was first conceived when I
realized there was so little hope online for people with
late-stage Lyme Disease. I heard that people got
well--but there was no place where I could go read their
realized there was so little hope online for people with
late-stage Lyme Disease. I heard that people got
well--but there was no place where I could go read their
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Hope is My Anchor
Strength for your soul amid life's storms
Strength for your soul amid life's storms
stories. I found a few scattered here and there, and the best I could surmise was
that it would likely take my husband 2-5 years to achieve remission, and that no
one could assure me how much better he would get. That uncertainty made the
passing of time excruciatingly slow--but it also drove me to my knees in prayer,
looking for what I could count on. Incredibly, God has used this time to draw me
closer to Him.
Our desire is to share that life with chronic Lyme is not a death-sentence--there is
hope for remission, and an even more incredible hope in knowing God more
intimately. Click here to read this month's Newsletter.
that it would likely take my husband 2-5 years to achieve remission, and that no
one could assure me how much better he would get. That uncertainty made the
passing of time excruciatingly slow--but it also drove me to my knees in prayer,
looking for what I could count on. Incredibly, God has used this time to draw me
closer to Him.
Our desire is to share that life with chronic Lyme is not a death-sentence--there is
hope for remission, and an even more incredible hope in knowing God more
intimately. Click here to read this month's Newsletter.