2021: Rewind and Re-set to Hope
What were your thoughts when the clock struck midnight and 2021 appeared? “Will 2021 be a repeat of 2020?” “Should I even buy a calendar or planner? How can I plan?” “What’s ahead in 2021?” One of the ways we look to a new year is to rewind and review the previous one. Perhaps it held experiences you want to hang onto or learn from, or...
Christmas: A Personal Highlights Reel from a Familiar Story
Most of us can tell the story from memory. As we watch a children’s Christmas program, we can anticipate the next scene, and if a child mixes up words and sequence, or fails to come in on cue, we chuckle. When a choir and congregation sing carols, we are swept away by their beauty. Familiarity, tradition, and joy create the music and images of...
Christmas Gift-Giving: A Baby for Christmas
A book give away from guest writer Martin Wiles! I’m sure many of you have begun your Christmas gift list. Perhaps online shopping has become the best option to compare selections and avoid crowds. Whatever item you choose, and whoever is on your list, gift giving is one of many loved Christmas traditions. Today I welcome Martin Wiles as my...
What if There’s No Pumpkin Pie? Ending the Year with Hope
Spectacular fall colors, warm apple desserts, and spiced-aroma candles. What’s not to love? Whether my grandsons and I drink hot cider and eat donuts on my screened porch, or I enjoy my personal time under a warm blanket reading a good book, surrounded by the sights and smells of fall, I’m in a happy place. As the leaves...
Focus, Rolling Eyes, and Gratitude
What describes your eyes? Brown, blue, nearsighted, 2020 vision? I’ve been challenged lately trying to find the correct eyeglasses prescription. It seems I need two different prescriptions-one for computer and one for reading. If I grab the wrong pair, not only is vision blurred, but my head spins. Discovering I can’t have two progressive...
On a Morning Walk: Lawnmowers, Scripture, and Standing Firm
This is the last in a series, Thank you for sharing Morning Walks with me. As I approached the common area in my neighborhood, the sound of a lawnmower interrupted my thoughts. I had expected to see a worker pushing a power mower or sitting on a riding one, but when I glanced over, he was mowing while standing on an attachment. I watched as...
A Morning Walk: Backwards, in a Circle, and Landing in Hope
Join me today for another in a series of Morning Walks. “But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness, ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him’.” Lamentations 3: 21-24 NIV In...
When Walks Become Part of Our Story
Today I welcome guest blogger Cathy Baker, a friend and fellow writer, to be part of our Morning Walks series. Read how her walks led to deeper places. Growing up, my family owned a little piece of heaven cradled between mountain peaks. Those five acres surrounded by hundreds, began at the edge of a spring-fed lake and shot straight up the...
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“You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.”
Psalm 16:11 (NIV)
