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...
View Article“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?!...
View ArticleRemedy 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...
View ArticleWhen 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...
View ArticleThe “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...
View Article“… 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.
View ArticleYou’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...
View ArticleYou’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...
View ArticleWaiting & 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....
View Article“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...
View ArticleAddressing 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...
View ArticleComing 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...
View ArticleDo 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 –...
View ArticleProcessing 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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