Driving along Route 21 in Wyoming we spotted a sign saying “Ayres Natural Bridge.” The sign was small and from its appearance did not indicate anything of importance. Still, we love to get off the main road and so we decided to take the secondary road and see what this was all about. What a […]

I still don’t do cookies! But my daughters somehow learned how to make awesome cookies in spite of their cookie-challenged mother. Grandma’s Ramblings It’s that time of year! All over the country mothers and grandmothers are busy in the kitchen baking cookies with their kids and grandkids. On Facebook I see post after post of […]

Another excellent Bible study today using the book “Encounter the Spirit” by Carolyn Moore. Moore noted that there is a difference between someone who cooks and someone who IS a cook. Many of us cook because we are hungry and need to eat in order to live. We probably know little about the vocabulary of […]

In 2015 the church in England had an advertisement which featured the Lord’s Prayer set to run before a Star Wars movie.  The cinemas banned the ad because they said it might be offensive to some. In response Bishop Steven Croft wrote an article saying “from the perspective of the spirits of the age, there […]

This past year has been so crazy! And the TV news channels I think have only added to the confusion and division. Depending on whether you watch CNN or FOX News you usually get a different take on the same story. One evening I just flipped back and forth between the two and I could […]

Looking through my vacation albums I loved seeing some of the sights from our trip to North Dakota. We were driving along a long, empty stretch of road when we spotted something yellow in the distance. What was it? What a surprise as we came closer to see acres and acres of sunflowers. Coming back […]

Anyone who has gone to Sunday School or attended any Bible studies has probably heard how Jesus said we are to forgive someone seventy times seven. Of course, we know that He did not mean we keep a notebook handy and add up each time we forgive someone until we have forgiven them 490 times. […]

I posted this almost 5 years ago but today’s message in church made me reflect on how easy it is to let our culture change the way we look at God’s Word. Grandma’s Ramblings I recently wrote about Moving On and Cleaning House where I shared that I was  ending a life time of teaching and […]

I remember all the news articles and the publicity given in 1982 when the first artificial heart was implanted in a patient in South Africa. The doctors behind this were portrayed as great men of science – as they should have been. However until I began doing research on black history I never knew that […]

I posted this on this day last year – but think it is a good question to ask as we near the celebration of Christmas Day. Grandma’s Ramblings There is a popular Christmas song that many love and it gets a lot of air time at the holiday season.  I love it too, especially the […]

Last week I had surgery on my right eye removing a cataract and inserting a new lens in my eye.  Doctor told me that my vision would be much improved but I had no idea how much better I would see. I have always been near-sighted and it was getting to the point that I […]

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 […]

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 […]

My parents died in the same year – Mom in April and Dad in August.  I remember my sisters and I looking at each other and saying “We are now the older generation.” Until that time we could think of ourselves as young – it was our parents’ and their siblings who were old. But […]