This issue grabs at my heart. I have no words. Can you find $9 today to help Born to Fly International help stop child sex trafficking? “Anyone who sets himself up as “religious” by talking a good game is self-deceived. This kind of religion is hot air and only hot air. Real religion, the kind […]
Book Review – Fearless by Max Lucado
“Be afraid. Be very afraid.” We quote this warning from the 1986 horror film, “The Fly,” in fun. But real fear isn’t fun, and we don’t need encouragement to be afraid. Fear permeates personal life situations like yeast. News pundits feed it and knead it. Fear hovers around us in financial disasters, terrorism, kidnappings and […]
My Husband Tried To Kill Me
Did that catch your attention? Not to worry. No need to call 911. I managed to escape. Barely. It’s not the first time he’s tried to do me in. Two weeks ago, it was a 6-mile hike. I was out of sorts the whole next day. Today he wanted to ride bikes. Me? Not feelin’ […]
Good News, Bad News – Worst News, Best News
Good News: The check for auction items arrived 3 days after the sale. Very organized auctioneers. Bad News: Despite the comment that “you have really good stuff,” the amount failed expectations and hopes. The cost was higher than the reward. Good News: It covers property taxes. Just a house. Just land. Bad News: I miss […]
Inductive Bible Study
About 30 years ago, when we were living in Roswell, GA, a friend invited me to hear a Bible teacher speak at a church over in Marietta. That’s when I was introduced to Kay Arthur who was teaching on the book of Genesis. What a great birth into the world of inductive study! That fall […]
Dark Nights of the Soul
Many of us have experienced them. Great saints experienced them, sometimes for years on end. Those dark nights of the soul when we feel totally numb to the things of God. When the curtain is drawn and we can’t see Him. We can’t hear Him. We can’t sense His presence. We feel as if He […]
Book Review – Faces in the Fire by T.L. Hines
Faces in the Fire (published by Thomas Nelson) was my introduction to the work of T.L. Hines. The book pulled me in immediately, but it took me a few chapters to realize that they, the chapters, were all mixed up, disjointed, and set within stanzas that served to separate the stories within the story. I […]
Calling Out Clutter
My yearning for simplicity began years ago. Searching for it has been an elusive journey along quiet roads and through tangled brush. Grasping it has been like trying to capture a butterfly with bare hands. Just when I think I’ve almost got it, it flutters away. A year ago I realized I was exhausted, overwhelmed, […]
What Is Clutter? Part 2
Life was so simple.I remember our first home in 1971–a small brick house with pink trim, rented from a man whose deceased dad had had a perennial green thumb. Something was always blooming in the yard. There were 2 small bedrooms–one with a door that opened to the backyard. We had a small living room, […]
What Is Clutter? Part 1
I’ve been on “sabbatical” for the last year in order to declutter my mind, my body, my spirit, and my surroundings. With years of accumulated “stuff” as a result of traveling over several bumpy roads, there wasn’t too much tread left on my tires. I was wearing out.I’m still a work in progress, but several […]
