Christmas 2017 is now history. The beautiful tree we spent hours decorating is now ready to be taken down and put away for another year if it was an artificial tree, or it soon will join the landfill if we chose a live tree. All the presents that we spent days and weeks searching for […]
We live in a society that wants immediate satisfaction. Instant coffee Fast food restaurants Google gives us instant answers With Roku we can even skip the commercials Waiting is not a skill we have. But this season of Advent reminds us we wait. “Therefore, you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our […]
Last year I shared stories of women who played a big part in history – yet are often ignored in our history books and their stories remain largely untold. I wonder if anyone who read those blogs even remember those women now. Dot Graden, Ann Caracristi, Virginia Adaholt, Jeannette Rankin and Katherine Johnson were all […]
After my son told me I was not old, I was seasoned, I keep asking myself “What seasoning am I?” Thinking on that led me down a lot of different paths. I thought of funny descriptions of our different personalities. But then it led me to think of the concept of followers of Jesus bearing […]
Last year I shared stories of women who played a big part in history – yet are often ignored in our history books and their stories remain largely untold. I wonder if anyone who read those blogs even remember those women now. Dot Graden, Ann Caracristi, Virginia Adaholt, Jeannette Rankin and Katherine Johnson were all […]
Last year I shared stories of women who played a big part in history – yet are often ignored in our history books and their stories remain largely untold. I wonder if anyone who read those blogs even remember those women now. Dot Graden, Ann Caracristi, Virginia Adaholt, Jeannette Rankin and Katherine Johnson were all […]
The following is from a Good Friday sermon my husband shared this year. I thought it was so good I wanted to share with my readers: There are many great mountain top experiences in the Word of God. On Mount Horeb, God spoke to Moses from the burning bush On Mount Sinai, God wrote the […]
Getting off the beaten path on a recent trip north led us to another special attraction. In the unincorporated area known as Indian River we found the Cross in the Woods Shrine. This wooden cross was made from a 2,000-year-old California Redwood tree. The tree was found in the state of Oregon and the timber […]
Music is magic. Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand….Stevie Wonder Music is the emotional life of most people….Leonard Cohen One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain….Bob Marley I see the power of music every month as I play for the residents of a […]
There is a poem that has been printed and read for years at Christmas time. I have often read it but until this year I never really questioned who wrote it or why. Writing this month about my memories of past Christmas times I thought of this poem and decided to find out who wrote […]
We all love a winner! We hold parades, parties, all kinds of celebrations when our team becomes state champion. Coming in second in a state-wide contest leaves people feeling so dejected. They seem to forget that being second means they have beat out many other teams. In the Olympics, athletics say they are going for […]
Often I hear Christians talking about different Bible characters that they look forward to meeting in heaven. Names often spoken are Paul, Peter, John from the New Testament or King David, Elijah or Jeremiah from the Old Testament. For me, my hero from the Bible is Barnabas. I can’t wait to meet him. We first […]
I love music! My best times of devotion are when I listen first to a praise song and sit and meditate on God’s presence before I pick up my Bible or my devotional book. In times of great joy or great sorrow in my life I have often gone to my piano and played a […]
In 1959 Hawaii became our fiftieth state. A statewide referendum in favor of statehood was approved by 93% of Hawaiians. Before then multiple proposals for statehood had been submitted to Congress. Many were skeptical that a territory two thousand miles from the U.S. coast could be a viable state. Long before Hawaii became a part […]
