It’s Friday – time for another post on old church hymns. Many of the old hymns I love are found in the old hymnals from mainline churches like Methodist, Lutheran or Presbyterian. However, since I am a country girl at heart with some southern roots, many of the old songs I love would probably never […]
It’s Friday and time to take a look at another gospel song. As I thought back over the many gospel songs I grew up singing, I noticed how many had the same name listed as the author….Fanny Crosby. Songs I have loved: Blessed Assurance To God Be the Glory Rescue the Perishing Jesus Keep Me […]
My youngest granddaughter spent Saturday night with us while Mom and Dad celebrated their anniversary. She always seems to have a hard time going to sleep. I’m not sure if her brain will just not shut down so she can sleep or if she keeps her brain going to avoid sleep. After reading books and […]
In Boston there is a Women’s Memorial that honors three women from our country’s early beginnings. By Ingfbruno – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27653635 One of the statutes anyone familiar with American history would recognize. She is Abigail Adams, wife of our second president, John Adams, and mother of our sixth president, John Quincy […]
Great article on another great black man in our history. THE CHRONICLES OF HISTORY Today In History – Frederick Douglass is born on February 14th, 1818. He was a social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman after escaping from slavery in Maryland. Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in New York and […]
It’s that time of year again. Now, more than ever, we need to pray for our schools….children and teachers. Grandma’s Ramblings It’s that time again! Off our children and grandchildren go to school. School used to be a pretty safe place to be. In my generation many of us walked to school and back and […]
When I first started writing my blog I said that I wanted to share some of the funny things I saw and heard as a pastor’s wife. So – here are two more. In a deep sleep early one morning (about 2 AM) the phone rang in the parsonage. Since I was closer to the […]
February is Black History Month. Although it was not officially recognized by our government until President Gerald Ford acknowledged it in 1976 and stated “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history,” it was not a new idea. Carter G. Woodson, who has […]
February is Black History Month. Although it was not officially recognized by our government until President Gerald Ford acknowledged it in 1976 and stated “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history,” it was not a new idea. Carter G. Woodson, who has […]
Merry Christmas from St Johns Michigan. This is a view of our main street downtown all decorated for Christmas. This small town has so much to offer year round but it is especially beautiful this time of year. The stores down town have a decorating contest. So many unique shops. There is the Adorn Mint […]
In Boston there is a Women’s Memorial that honors three women from our country’s early beginnings. By Ingfbruno – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27653635 One of the statutes anyone familiar with American history would recognize. She is Abigail Adams, wife of our second president, John Adams, and mother of our sixth president, John Quincy […]
I wrote this over two years ago – but in light of all the arguments and disagreements we seem to be having in this time of difficulty – I thought it worth posting again. How we justify our own behavior – but don’t give others the same grace. Grandma’s Ramblings Confession time: I recently became […]
A new year! As we look back at 2015, hopefully we all can say “It’s been a good year.” Whether the year was a good one for you or not so good, we probably all can think of events that we would have handled differently if we could do it over. Times when we wish […]
February is Black History Month. Although it was not officially recognized by our government until President Gerald Ford acknowledged it in 1976 and stated “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history,” it was not a new idea. Carter G. Woodson, who has […]
