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…
Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be yours as well. -Matthew 6:33 Still my verse for the year…still learning what it means…still finding out what it is that God is offering when He says “all these things.” These last few weeks have Read more…
Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be yours as well. –Matthew 6:33 This is one of those days when the everyday has so many wrinkles and curves, so many challenges and obstacles that I am VERY aware of my need to have Read more…
It started with the death of a lizard – a gecko, actually. We have bugs in our house. The big kind you can hear coming, or the kind that try to sing you to sleep at night. My tendency is to smash first and think about the consequences later. This Read more…
Sitting in Nashville International Airport, the strains of an acoustic guitarist crooning the sweet melodies of my college days mix with the urgent advice of diligent gate agents and the innumerable half-conversations around me, I am overwhelmed by the abundance of God’s mercy toward me. The last few days have 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…
So…I couldn’t find my dustpan. It’s the kind that is designed to clip onto the handle of the broom, so you don’t lose it… So much for that design. I had been out of town for almost two weeks. Someone else had been minding my house, and I couldn’t remember Read more…
Thanksgiving (not the holiday) restores my perspective, makes me aware of hope, centers me. The last ten days has included the white-knuckle exhilaration of the switchbacks of the Beartooth Highway, the breathless awe of the view over the windy, wildflower-laden tundra above the tree line, the sad finality of the Read more…
I have a leaf-hopper problem. They are not usually a big enough issue for the “insects of the garden” book to give more than a nod to dealing with them. But they ruined last year’s grape crop. Instead of the hundred pounds I expected, I got about twenty-five, if that. Read more…
Dear friends, Sometimes you can get stuff done when you said you would, and sometimes you can’t. This has been one of those times. So, if you were expecting a new song release today or even March 1, I am sorry for disappointing you. We are working on a song Read more…