Faith
To Granny with Love: A Belated Birthday Eulogy
As it turns out, I’m a little late to the party. Granny wouldn’t have been surprised by this however. For if there was anyone in the world who understood my Anne Shirley tendencies of having good intentions…
Starting Over: Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself
“We’d never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder I have a confession to make. A couple of weeks ago, I almost bid…
One Year Later: A Reflection of His Goodness
“Then the land will yield its harvest and God, our God, will bless us.” (Psalm 67:6) This is the verse that I underlined in my Bible nearly a year ago with a short prayer written out beside…
Met in Thee
The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight. -O Little Town of Bethlehem, Phillips Brooks, 1868 I’ve sang the words to this beloved Christmas carol for as long as I can remember.…
The Empty Chair: When the Holidays are Hard
“I just don’t want to do the holidays this year.” These are the words that I cried to my husband last November. It wasn’t that I was trying to sound selfish or ungrateful. It wasn’t because I…
The Lighter Yoke
About eight years ago as I was walking out of the grocery store I noticed a lady by the door with a very unsettled look on her face. She had a cart full of groceries and was…
To Share My Words
It was during the wee hours of the night on April 13, 2019 that I sat on my couch adding the finishing touches to my blog. Finally, at around 2:00am, with clenched teeth and squinted eyes, I…
I am Peter
That’s where I find myself in the Easter story. In the man who was fervent for his Savior – bold, committed, and willing to die for Him. Then, when the pressure was on – denial, denial, denial.…
Jesus being Jesus
We are going through a lot right now- as a nation, as a people, as families, as friends. This pandemic is affecting multiple areas of our lives and I think by now we are all carrying heavy…