Studying the Tabernacle in the Old Testament the past few months has been such an encouragement to me in my walk with God. Earlier I posted why a Tabernacle and in the elaborate plans that God gave Moses for the Tabernacle – and in the Israelites response – we see how much God desires a […]
Today many still get excited when a rocket is sent into orbit, but I feel the enormous interest and excitement is nothing like it was in the beginning of space exploration. I remember when Alan Shepherd was launched into space in May 1961. His flight only lasted 15 minutes and 22 seconds, but it was […]
As another new year comes around, my mind races back to other new years and other times. Recently I was thinking about the life of a pastor and his family and the frustrations, the laughter and the joy that life brings. Three different stories came to mind that illustrate all three scenarios. One Sunday morning […]
This were my thoughts last year after Christmas – and I think it’s worth asking again. Now that Christmas is over, what do we do? Grandma’s Ramblings 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 […]
It’s that time of year again! Time for making cookies, shopping for gifts, decorating the Christmas tree and all our house inside and out. Time for family gatherings, parties at friends, watching Hallmark Christmas movies. The list goes on and on. As I listen to people talk about the holiday, it almost seems at times […]
Little church in the country Growing up my earliest memories of church took place at Zion Methodist Church. This country church is just east of the town of Mt. Vernon, Illinois where I was born many, many years ago. My mother and father made a commitment to serve the Lord in this little church when […]
Posted this in 2015 but in this season of Lent – still worth thinking about. Grandma’s Ramblings AWE-FULL Great and holy God awe and reverence fear and trembling do no come easily to us for we are not Old Testament Jews or Moses or mystics or sensitive enough. Forgive us for slouching into Your presence […]
Friend – a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations. Friend – a person who you like and enjoy being with. I sometimes envy other women when they share how they have been friends for 10, 20 or 30 years. I listen […]
Today most of us think of Christmas carols as something we hear on the radio, or we sing at church on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day services. However, singing carols in many places used to be more than just singing a song at church. It was a time to connect with neighbors as people would […]
This past week my husband spoke to the residents of the Teen Challenge Center in Saginaw, Michigan. This is not the first interaction we have had with this organization. Our first experience with Teen Challenge occurred in 1985 in New York City. Just one year after we were married we spent two weeks at the […]
When my husband and I moved to Michigan last fall I was fascinated by the many lighthouses that are in the state. In a blog I wrote then I said I was looking forward to spring/summer when we could begin exploring these lighthouses. Michigan’s Lighthouses Well – that time has come. This past weekend we […]
My mother, Fern, and me, Barbara Fern In the last years of my mother’s life she lived in southern Illinois while I lived over 300 miles away in northern Illinois. I worked a Monday-Friday job and my husband was a pastor which meant his job required work on the weekends. Thus, it was hard to […]
I have never been one to make New Year resolutions. My experience has been that most New Year resolutions are broken before the first week in January is over. But this year is different. As 2014 came to an end, I found in my spirit that there were areas in my life I needed, with […]
Those who have been following my blog for awhile know that my husband and I are Scrabble addicts. Confessions of a Scrabble Addict! We have actually got out of bed at 3 am, played a game and then went back to bed! We began keeping score in 2008. We have the score books from all these […]
