Eating Worms
It’s a given that moms have eyes in the back of their head. Do they have ears in front? On top? What we overhear is critical to our children’s safety sometimes, though it may threaten a mom’s adrenalin overload.
Breaking the Law
July 26, 2024 by admin
Filed under Life Topics
Last year in our small town a friend of mine got a police citation for shooting small fireworks in her driveway on July 4th. She was mortified and upset. She had no idea that she wasn’t allowed to light sparklers and other small fireworks.
Read more
A Mighty Fortress
I stood in awe, the enormity, and beauty overwhelming me. Then I heard the statistics—the nave is ten stories high, the center tower is as tall as a thirty-story building, the heaviest stone is 5.5 tons, and it is only one of 762 elaborately hand-carved stones in Washington DC’s National Cathedral. As I stood there I dreamed about seeing the five other, even larger, cathedrals of the world, and I wondered how the first temple built by Solomon in Jerusalem might have looked. How it must have inspired God’s people to sing praises to God, as this place was now influencing me.
No Thornless Roses
July 22, 2024 by admin
Filed under Personal Growth
No one ever said being a Christian would guarantee us a bed of thornless roses. This week proved that point for me. How can so much heartache befall a people at one time without their hearts bursting from the pain? I could list several things that have afflicted us as a church family over the past two months, but I'll just mention the most recent—a close friend in church passed away quickly from ovarian cancer and septicemia. She was just 50 years old.
A Heart for Humanity
"This one is going to be my room!" said one of the children.” I even got to paint my own closet," another pipes in. Each child gave me the grand tour of their new home, pointing out their favorite aspects of the house. Then we went outside again.” I even got to mow the grass last night."“ Me too," added his sibling, wanting to be included.
