Oct 28, 2020 | christmas, faith, Family, Hope, Jesus, Joy, peace, spiritual
This past weekend, Tim and I had the opportunity to visit our son who lives in California. While traveling, I had the pleasure of reading my friend, Georgia’s, recently – released Christmas novel entitled, “The Ornament of Hope.” I don’t...
May 31, 2020 | Faith, fear, Forgiveness, Grief, Hope, Life, love, peace, trust, warfare
I walked by this park bench in Knoxville, Tennessee, Friday morning. Tennis shoes and socks sat abandoned, as if the owner had decided he’d had enough. “Walk a mile in me,” they whispered. But as I stood there wondering why in the world anyone would...
Feb 13, 2019 | Doubt, Faith, faith, Grief, Hope, Jesus, Joy, love, peace, spiritual, storm, trust, warfare
He appeared for the very first time in Old Testament history a few chapters ago. Seemingly out of nowhere, Moses calls Joshua to battle saying, “Select some men for us and go fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with God’s staff in my...
Jan 30, 2019 | Bible, Doubt, Faith, Family, fear, Grief, Hope, Joy, Life, love, making hard decisions, peace, Rest, roots, spiritual
My new chronological Bible changes things up. Interrupts history with the pain-filled story of Job. Slips it right in between the death of Joseph and the arrival of Moses. Uninvited. Leaving us on the edge of our seat as Joseph dies and the Israelites are left alone...
Nov 26, 2016 | Bible, christmas, Doubt, Faith, Family, Grief, Hope, Jesus, Joy, Life, love, making hard decisions, Nativity, peace, trust
It’s funny how a sermon can hit you in an unexpected way……….. cause your mind to wander………… and the next thing you know you’re thinking about what’s sitting on your kitchen counter that very second and how...
Nov 14, 2016 | Doubt, Faith, fear, Grief, Hope, Jesus, love, Marriage, Parenthood, peace, spiritual, storm, trust
Kids often run full speed toward new things. Who wouldn’t want to ride on “moving stairs?” But a lanyard around the neck of a little boy with tiny legs can quickly become an enemy when brought too close to a gap in the moving metal. Before I could...