I love the book of Proverbs. I really do, BUT… I have a little question I’ve been asking myself. Why in the world does the writer choose to the female imperative when […]
The Proverbial Problem–Scripture Challenge: Proverbs
The Gift of a Day
A fresh reminder. This day–every day–is a gift. The good days and the bad days. The easy and the difficult. The bright and sunny and the dark and gloomy. Every day we […]
Love and Broken Hearts
Life is precious. Why something so obvious needs to be said is beyond my scope of understanding. But it’s true. Humanly speaking, we often take life for granted. We live like today–this […]
My Love for Words
I’m guessing that I got it from my sweet mother… she’s an avid reader and the champion Scrabble player in our family, and now we’re addicted to Words with Friends. She’s retired now, […]
Change Your Stinking Thinking and Embrace the Cold–Scripture Challenge: Psalms
OR NOT…! I am definitely a warm weather person, and would rather head to the beach than the slopes any day. I DO love the four seasons here in Illinois, but am […]
Not So Long Ago–In a Land Far, Far Away
It was only a month ago that we arrived back home from our visit to Madagascar. The temperatures here today are in the single digits, with a wind chill below 0 degrees. […]
When You Feel Alone in Your Marriage
I’ve never lived alone. When my husband and I married in 1982, he had just graduated from college and I was still living with my parents. After a few days of honeymooning […]
Wordless Wednesday: Merry Christmas 2014!
Merry Christmas, Mary
I LOVE how the old, old story never gets old. How every time I look at it, my perception changes. It changes how I see God and how I see myself. Mary, […]
Why Give?
It’s the season of giving. We give to those we love and to those in need. Some of us give to those we don’t even know. We give because God gave first.
A Different Way to Worship: Madagascar 2014
What if? What if it was all stripped away, and it was just you–and God? Nothing familiar. A different language. A foreign place and foreign people. What would your Sunday look like […]
Life is Hard, But God is Good
There is just no way to sugar-coat it. Living in Madagascar is no easy task. As beautiful as the landscape can be, it can also be just as harsh. When the summer […]
Madagascar Morning
I awoke to the morning sounds of roosters crowing and birds singing. An open window with screens lets the breeze in and keeps the mosquitos out. It’s very different to wake up […]
When A Porcelain Throne Becomes A Throne of Grace
It’s a good thing I don’t believe in coincidence or I might choose more carefully how I write. My last post was a clear message of faith over fear. Choosing to NOT […]
Winning the “What if?” Battle
So much of worry starts in a battle of the mind. Our thoughts consume us to the point that we start wondering if what could happen, probably is going to happen–and that’s […]
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