A friendly face is always welcome. It can be a complete stranger or a long-time friend. These faces might look very different, but each face tells a story… She is the first […]
Friendly Faces
Undoing What’s Been Done
Parenting is, without a doubt, THE hardest job in the world, but undeniably, the most rewarding. Not many would argue with me on that… But when your children are small and you are tired […]
Happy August!
I have travelled to every corner of our great nation, and while I appreciate the ocean and the mountains and the desert, and even the big cities, there is no place like […]
Trusting God With the Details
Don’t let anyone ever tell you that God doesn’t still work miracles… For so many that have prayed–thank you! For others who are just hearing of our plight, here is our story. God’s […]
Undeafening Silence
The world is loud. The voices in my head are almost deafening. They drown out reason, and focus and purpose. And silence is the remedy. The healing balm that allows God to […]
I Forgot to Remember
You think that the moment will be seared into your brain forever. And then you start to forget. For me, death became a reality for the first time when my uncle passed […]
God Hears
“I called to the Lord in my distress, and He answered me.” There are many who would echo these words. Myself included. He is there. He hears. So why do we wait so […]
Serving, Self-Serving or Servitude?
“On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave; just as the Son of Man […]
Finding That Golden Easter Egg
I suppose the game of hide-and-seek has been around since the beginning of time. When we’re not hunting Easter eggs, my grandchildren delight in hiding other objects around the house for us […]
Until Danger Passes
I’m not sure I saw this clearly before today. I am not naive. I am not living in fear, nor am I blind to the truth. But the danger I face is […]
Does God REALLY care what I say?
This is one blog you probably don’t want to read. But read it anyway. Give me a chance. Please hear me out, and reserve your criticism for another day, because this issue has […]
You Were Created For More
According to Wikipedia, the average life expectancy for those of us living in America is 79 years. Even if you lived as long as Sarah Knauss, who lived to be 119 (she died […]
More Pray
“Out of the mouths of babes.” If you are a pray-er, it is more likely than not that you have had those times when you have prayed and prayed until you didn’t […]
Called to Love
I was not called to this. I didn’t hear a voice, nor did I have a keen intuitive sense that this was going to happen. I did not and still am not […]
The Valley of Decision/Scripture Challenge: Joel
We all face them. Decisions. Some more important, more pressing than others. Some that may seem minor at the time, but can have long-term effects. I don’t know about you, but the day-to-day […]
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