Join our blog community! Learn More
We had a bit of a windstorm yesterday. When I arrived home from work, I saw that my neighbors had lost their tree in the front yard. Toppled over from ground level. Then, when I went inside and looked out my south window, I saw that I, too, had lost half of my tree on […]
My Granny was from the Ozarks. She’d tell you she was a hillbilly with pride. She had a wonderful way of talking and was an excellent storyteller. I treasure many delightful stories she wrote in letters to me as a child. She’d say ‘you-ns’ and ‘git,’ made strong sweet tea, and churned her own butter. […]
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, […]
Plans. We all have them. Even when we didn’t write out that list, somewhere dancing around in our heads, we have some ideas about what we should do. From bucket lists to grocery lists, we are people who make plans. To test my theory, and get some great laughs, I asked a few moms to […]
When I bought my car, it came with Sirius FM radio which has allowed me to listen to different types of music. I’ve found that I enjoy ‘re-listening’ to country music from the 80s and 90s. Recently, I heard Garth Brooks sing If Tomorrow Never Comes, a song where he wonders, if he died during […]
Mother’s Day is coming soon. My girls are grown with families of their own, living hundreds of miles away. It’s so easy to think they don’t need me anymore. With the pandemic and the cautions at the beginning, I was still going to work. We were staying distant (There are not many in our office […]
Almighty God, Heavenly Father, How good it is to remember and rest in the fact that You are all powerful, all knowing, and everywhere present – especially now as this world is experiencing fear and anxiety, sorrow and loss, hope and hopelessness. How good it is to know You and to remember Your promises as […]
I grew up in a small house with lots of land. My grandparents lived next door and Grampa farmed, gardened, raised chickens and pigeons, and grew many fruit trees as well as grapes. All this land and all those trees made for great places to hide. When my cousins came over and it would just […]
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” Jeremiah 17:9 Turn on the news these days, or read social media, and accusations are flying. People are positive that someone did something with the worst of motives. They are positive that this person or that person is lying. They did it. They […]
Music is a beautiful language which speaks to our souls. Words on the wings of music often break through and affect me much deeper than speech alone. The second verse of a hymn, Beneath the Cross, by Keith Getty teaches, admonishes, and convicts me: Beneath the cross of Jesus His family is my own Once […]
