Recently I posted about my visit to the Wesley Garden on St. Simon’s Island. Looking at that visit, I was reminded of the list John Wesley created for the group of people who were gathering each week to pray and encourage one another in their walk with God. He had a list of questions they […]

(This was my first post when I started my blog. Revisiting it still makes me laugh. Hope it will you also.) For many years I was a pastor’s wife.  In many ways, it was a blessing for which I am thankful.  What a privilege to be allowed into the lives of families at those very joyous times:  weddings, […]

Reading this week a familiar parable Jesus told about the prodigal son that took his part of the heritage of his father and then proceeded to waste it away on careless living. The Bible says “when he came to his senses” he went back home to ask his father to just let him be a […]

AWE-FULL Great and holy God awe and reverence fear and trembling do not 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 with little expectation and less awe than we would eagerly give a visiting dignitary. We need neither […]

Eritrea is the most restricted nation for religious freedom on the African continent.  Rebels, inspired by the Chinese Communist Revolution, led a bloody revolution for 30 years (from 1960’s to 1991) leading to the country’s independence from Ethiopia. The independent nation fought again with Ethiopia in one of the bloodiest conflicts in Africa’s history.  On […]

A few days ago I wrote about how easy I find it to complain instead of being thankful.  A friend responded some of the problem might be all the input we get today from media. I thought about that and realized much of the information we get is geared to the negative. We call a […]

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 […]

I recently read a book recommended by one of my daughters, “Affluence with Abundance,” by  James Suzman.  The author did an intensive study of the vanishing world of the bushmen in southern Africa. Viewed by the western world as a society lacking all the great benefits of our modern culture, the author notes: “…hunters-gatherers appeared […]

I am addicted.  I have made my confession before.  Confessions of a Scrabble Addict! I have tried hard to overcome it but I have not been able to do so as I reported in  My Addiction has Returned. And now this year it has taken 27 days of my life. We played 216 games in 2017.  It […]

This was only one story we discovered about the black/white relationship in the 1800’s that has never been shared in our most of our history lessons while we were spending time in Charleston, South Carolina.. But it is one that we should know. Grandma’s Ramblings Hampton Park, Charleston, South Carolina.  What a beautiful place to […]

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 […]

This month two of my grandchildren are graduating from college.  A granddaughter in North Carolina is getting her BS and will be starting law school in the fall.  A grandson in Tennessee is getting his Master’s. As I rejoice in these two grandchildren’s success and hard work, I wonder where did the time go?  It […]

When I first started my blog I said I was going to share some funny stories about the joys (and trials) of being a pastor’s wife.  I shared a few stories but then thought perhaps I should just keep my funny tales to myself.  Here are the few I shared if you want a good […]

It has been almost four years since we put our house on the market and made a decision where to move. Michigan has become our new home. It was a little scary moving to a new state where the only people we would know was our daughter and her family. But it was a good […]