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Queen Anne’s Lace: A Love Story {of Sorts}
These plants bloom across the countryside in mid-summer, then fade away without much fanfare. We see them all the time. Just Queen Anne’s Lace. Or better yet…”wild carrot”. They’re nothing fancy or...
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“Come to me…”
It can’t be September. Summer couldn’t have flown the coop already. I blinked and there it went. Either the calendar’s lying or I’m a cup and a saucer short of a place setting. I mean, Labor Day?!...
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Remedy for an Unhealthy Heart
I had assumed blockage and hardening of the arteries was a problem only for the elderly. Today we hear of the serious health threats of obesity in children. It puts a new spin on what goes unseen...
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When the radio witnesses
Today’s devotional comes out of something that happened in just the past 24 hours, although it really has its beginnings around 8 or 9 years ago. Yesterday afternoon my daughter sent me a text to say...
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The “Dungeon of Dis”
The dungeon of disillusionment is cold, dark, and grim. It’s the place where Hope dims and Peace and Joy fade into distant echoes. This is especially true if you’re delivered into that dungeon by...
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“… will never thirst…”
One of the most poignant scenes in cinema history. Charleton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur in the Academy Award-winning classic: Shared by Kristine, author, blogger, homeschooler, professional mom.
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You’ll Be Home – Part 1 of 2
Have you ever wondered about the two guys on the Road to Emmaus in Luke 24? How could they be so close to Jesus and miss Resurrection Sunday? I mean, this is “later that same day” – as in, the women...
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You’ll Be Home, Part 2 of 2
Curious verb choice, isn’t it? Was. Not is. Past tense. After all, these men had hoped that Jesus would redeem Israel, deliver her from under the heavy boot of Rome. But now it’s too late. Jesus...
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Waiting & Longing
Thomas a Kempis wrote, “Wait a little while, O my soul, wait for the divine promise, and thou shalt have abundance of all good things in heaven.” Have you noticed? We’re expanded by longing....
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“Water Slide!”
Josiah, son number four, is whooshing down the water slide at the YMCA today. He’s nine years old, going on 23. He loves slamming the stuffing out of a baseball, tree swings a la Tarzan, riding...
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Addressing the Lord in Prayer
I have been doing a new study on prayer recently. It has brought some things to my attention that I have been contemplating and pondering. One of those things is how we address the Lord in prayer – and...
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Coming Up For Air
In this house we do dishes, yes… But we also do wild. Unorthodox. We do mistakes. We do second chances. And third. And four hundred and seventy-ninth. *thankfully* We do silly. We do laughter. We do...
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Do We Get It?
Do we get it? Do we get the fact that God truly cares about us? Or do we relegate Him to this entity that is up there pointing a finger down on earth simply granting or denying requests? Yes to her –...
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Processing Life.
Life is fragile, this we know well. But we far too easily forget. We are rocked from our comfortable little worlds when headlines bleed with news of faithful soldiers and innocent civilians lost amidst...
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