Leslie Schmucker

Leslie Schmucker retired from public school teaching to create a special education program at Dayspring Christian Academy in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She belongs to Grace Baptist Church. She and her husband, Steve, have three grown children and seven grandchildren. She blogs at leslieschmucker.com.

Exactly As We’ve Been Told

by Leslie Schmucker | Discipleship Foundations 101: How to Encourage Spiritual Growth, Featured

Recent decades have left Christians a bit unsettled. Skewed views of sexuality, increased disdain towards religion, and dogmatic secularism have steadily seeped into our culture. Until recently, the troubling changes seemed more like a vague mist on the horizon. For...

Five Ways God Provides the Fuel of Encouragement

by Leslie Schmucker | The Gospel and the Christian Life, Featured

What do cars, clothes, dryers, factories, power grids, bonfires, light bulbs, backhoes, human beings, and arguments all have in common? They all run on fuel. Without it, they die. As fossil and other fuels power most everything we use in our daily lives, and food...