Just for fun… and because feet really do tell a story… I am joining the TRAVEL THEME: FEET inspired by the blog, Where’s My Backpack?. You can join the adventure @ http://wheresmybackpack.com/2015/08/28/travel-theme-feet/ […]
Better grab a cup ‘o brew and sit for a few. Here’s the thing. I am struggling. Since returning from Madagascar, I have wrestled with this idea of blogging. It may not […]
” My heart is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like new wineskins. I must speak so that I can find relief; I must open my lips and respond. I […]
I never really caught it in the verse before, but at just the right time, the light bulb came on and I’ve a gained a new perspective… My idea of humility before […]
“Is that a country?” “How do you spell that?” Well, guess that means there’s no Sprint Service in Madagascar! Having already been there, I knew, of course, that there was no Sprint […]
Live Simply. It’s easier said than done, isn’t it? My heart is willing, but when life just gets a little complicated, it does get harder to keep it all in perspective: Trying to […]
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. […]
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.
So many images in my mind. So many events of the past two weeks, and I can’t even begin to put them into words. My heart says, “WRITE!”, but my mind says, […]
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 […]
Someone on Facebook posed this question: “If we’re so thankful, why is it that the day after Thanksgiving, we’re all rushing out to get more of the “stuff” that the world says […]
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 […]
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 […]
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