Last Sunday was one of those days I wish I could wrap up and put in a special container to be opened on a cold winter day in January or a scorching day in August when the temperature hovers in the mid-nineties. It was a day of open windows and…
Read more“Mike? Will you go outside and put the birdseed into the feeder for me?” I called from the kitchen. After exhausting every excuse he could invent (oh the joys of parenting teens;) He tromped outside (in shorts and his tennis shoes, in Michigan in the middle of winter…in the snow)…
Read moreThe following devotion was typed by me….but written from the words shared by my sister, Wanda, at her kitchen table as we studied the Word, shared some tears, fears and lots of love. We had begun our new blog, “Sisters of Faith” the week after Christmas, while she was in the hospital. I had…
Read more“Who do you think you are? I said angrily to the young man in front of me who happened to be my ninth grade classmate. “How dare you tell me I’m not going to heaven? I go to church every Sunday, I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, I don’t swear…”…
Read moreSpring paid a visit today. Here in Southern California, the early blossoms are peaking out on the fruit trees, and there are hints of daffodils and poppies among the greenery on the surrounding hills. In early spring, those of us who are keen enough to be watching will witness a…
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