The winter holiday season officially begins this week! (or so says Wikipedia). For our family, it has mostly been about food. Traditions run several generations deep, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t branching out as our family gets connected to other families. This year the menu will include chicken and Read more
“…Surely your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery.” — Daniel 2:47 These words spoken by Nebuchadnezzar to Daniel after the revelation of the king’s disturbing dream and its meaning are Read more
If I had received the affirmation from my parents that I desired, if I had garnered the attention of young men I longed for, had heard the accolades I dreamed of from or found the acceptance I looked for… I do not know what might have been. It no longer Read more
I am so sorry! The whole point of this blog is to give God glory by sharing with you His everyday work in my life every day. Instead, I have been looking for some spectacular story to tell…That’s no good. My life does not consist of spectacular events…just everyday me Read more
Jesus says He never did anything without His Father. “I only speak what I hear the Father saying.” “I only do what I see the Father doing.” “I can do nothing apart from my Father.” If any other human said that, psychology would say he’s got co-dependence issues and needs Read more
Sitting on the back porch, enjoying the unseasonably cool weather . . . trying to find peace. There are more things on my “to do” list than I can possibly get done! Guests coming to sleep in a guest room with no flooring and missing woodwork . . . a Read more
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be yours as well. — Matthew 6:33 So…about those leaf-hoppers… My current theory (or insight) is that the tiny, sap-sucking things are very like the “secret” critic that often infests the places that Jesus means me to live Read more
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be yours as well. — Matthew 6:33 First, I must apologize for failing to get a post out last week. I take my (self-imposed) deadlines seriously, and had started a post but ran out of time Read more
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be yours as well. — Matthew 6:33 Jesus does not tell us to produce His righteousness, but to seek it, search for it, go after it. In fact, the command “Be holy as I am holy,” actually means: Read more
This day of celebration can be so obscured by the food and the gift-giving that we miss the important, far-reaching gifts brought by the One who truly loves us. On each of the next twelve days, I will be posting a short meditation on what our Bridegroom has brought us Read more