We bought this old farmhouse years ago; equipped with rolling hills, a pond, blue skies, and bullfrogs “rib-bit-ing” long into late summer nights. Some might call it a dream…but I saw it as one big, fat headache. The thing is, the house was in repo condition when we bought it; cracked patio, well-worn hand rails, and […]
When You Just Need to Be Refreshed
For years I thought about going, word of mouth flowing like rivers from ice melting on the mountain-top, down into the oceans. I toy with the idea…but children, social worker appointments, doctors, and play rehearsals make me doubt the very hope of getting slivers a time over a three day period. I sit to lead my […]
Too Busy? Slowing Down? UNITE
I was late, again. Some kind of Women’s Bible Study table leader racing the clock, flying down the street in my crossover. I grab my screaming kid, check last minute e-mails, respond, throwing clothes on, and grab my study book and Bible…. Still, I have given up being perfect…..because I fail. I have given up trying […]
When The Darkness Shrinks You Small…And How To Go On
The light angles, turning, bending, dark rising while ISIS, and the global climate keeps warning, “We are headed for a storm”. And though His Refuge seems dormant, His hand’s promise of not being too short, pierces the minds and souls of those who believe. And darkness can set in, so we fill precious hours with loud […]
What it Means to be a True Christian in a World Darkened by ISIS
Grey. Blending. Meshing closely. Like the sadistic movie creating so much frenzy. People saying nothing. We don’t want to offend. I hear them endless…“Let’s talk about what’s positive, not what we are against”. And the line is thinning, even here in our Western Society. Moralistic teaching becoming irrelevant, speaking truth now offensive, picking sides labeled, judgement. […]
When Your Life Is Far From Pinterest Perfect
A compound; it’s the only word to describe the property; fenced in, walled up, littered with garbage on nearly every yard of that five acres we stood upon. “I just don’t see the vision”, I tell my husband as we stand upon the pasture hill, peaking our way through overgrown trees to a hidden pond, looking […]