Final notes from my husband’s Good Friday sermons. Luke tells us in his Gospel that Jesus prayed from the cross “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” These words were among some of the last brief statements He made before His death. Who exactly was He speaking to? The Roman soldiers. […]
Thirty-eight years ago my beloved husband and father of my two daughters was killed in an accident. Only those who have suffered the loss of a loved one know what sorrow I felt. In that first moment when I realized I was a widow at 33 with two little girls to raise, the first thing […]
Each morning my husband and I start our day with a cup of coffee and a time of devotions. We are reading through the Bible this year and are now in the Psalms. After our reading, we always pray. My husband prays first and I follow. While the things we pray for vary from day […]
In our continuing exploration of Michigan, today my husband and I visited Old Town in Lansing, Michigan. In 1825 a surveying crew stopped along the Grand River next to what is now Lansing and plotted land that would someday be called Old Town. James Seymour and Jacob Cooley from New York purchased the land from […]
As I age, I am battling “Old Man Arthritis.” Some days when I get out of bed I can hardly walk. After a trip to the bathroom and then to the kitchen for my cup of coffee (which my husband always has ready for me), I began to lose some of the stiffness and I am […]
A new songbook called Olney Hymns was published in 1779 and one of the songs in the book became perhaps the best loved and well known hymn that is today known by another name. Guess what song it is! This song was part of a section in the hymn book that contained songs based on […]
My daughter recently spent several weeks in Sierra Leone tutoring the child of a missionary family that was returning to the states for a year and wanted to make sure their daughter was prepared for school in the USA. My six-year-old granddaughter accompanied her mother on this trip. It was a great opportunity for my […]
As a mother, I like to think that I am a source of wisdom to my daughters, that they look to me for advice and counsel. But it is really great when my daughters share words of wisdom for me. Recently my youngest daughter, who is a pastor, spoke something in a sermon that has […]
In 2017 my husband, along with our youngest daughter and our granddaughter made a trip to Casey, Illinois to see the small town that boasted: While there we saw nine creations by Jim Bolin that have made the Guinness Book of World Records. You can read all about that visit and see pictures of the world’s […]
Recently I saw a church sign that invited people to come because their church was “simple and fun.” That sounded great! Who would not want to go to a church that was “fun” and keeping things “simple” in the chaotic times we have been experiencing sounds like a good idea. But is it? Is that […]
This is a repost from earlier last year. Since this month is Women’s History Month, I thought I would share again. While I only shared about the last three women on this list in this post, check out some of the others for some interesting and informative stories of women we do not hear about. […]
My husband and I visited the Fort Custer National Cemetery today. We were impressed by the entrance to the cemetery. All along the main road were rows and rows of flags. This Avenue of Flags was dedicated May 26, 1986. It is composed of 152 flagpoles located along the main road, and an additional 50 […]
Recently I began following another blogger whose posts I have enjoyed. Her post that caught my eye was listing five things she liked about herself. Check it out here: http://cyranny.com/2020/01/15/5-more-things-i-like-about-myself/ The whole point is that we are quick to find things about our self we do not like, things we want to change, things that […]
I wrote a few years ago about a favorite show from my childhood – Gunsmoke. You can check out that post here: Anyone Remember Gunsmoke? My husband and I found a TV channel that has Gunsmoke reruns every day at noon. Several days a week we watch the show while eating lunch. By now most […]
