Last week, my small group from church watched Prince of Egypt during our regular Bible study time. We’d just finished going through the story of Moses and the Exodus, so it seemed appropriate to take an evening to enjoy it on the big screen. I’d only seen the movie once before, and while it obviously […]
It’s January, and the blossom trees are coming out. Though here in southern California we do get spring flowers while much of the country lies still immersed in winter, it’s been an unusually warm month even for here, and the pink and white tufted trees keep catching me by surprise. The other night as my […]
When I can’t…make hurting children cooperate. This week when I helped during after school time at the transitional housing home, I had to have a supervisor’s help with both kids I was paired with. I didn’t seem to be able to get their attention, keep them on track, or maintain control. I tried to keep […]
Blossoms in our back garden when I lived in Oxford “Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new, now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it?” ~Isaiah 43:18-19 This verse seems to have come up a lot these past […]
With a somewhat heavy heart, I sang Christmas carols in church this Sunday. Joy to the world! The Lord is come. Let earth receive her king Let every heart prepare Him room And heaven and nature sing… But through my mind whirled the shootings of this past month and the mother we heard of the […]
Our Christmas series continues from last week! Read Part One here. Part Two: Joseph, Son of David Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit… ~ Isaiah 11:1 She is gone . . . thank God, she is gone. I grip the doorframe as […]
A blessed Advent to you, friends. In this season, I hope to post a more “regular” post on Tuesdays and a special Christmas post on Fridays. But first, a little introduction. 🙂 Our God is a God of the unexpected. Certainly in the way He came into this world, as we celebrate this Christmas season, […]
I had hoped to write an insightful Christmas post for today, maybe even to kick off a new Christmas blog series for this month. But it just hasn’t happened, and here I am barely getting a Tuesday post in at all. After a prayer meeting tonight, though, where a theme seemed to be how God […]
Ruined castle amid the green – from my own trip to Scotland The story of Jacob, Rachel, and Leah set in 18thcentury Scotland? Now there’s a novel thought…pun quite possibly intended. 🙂 Liz Curtis Higgs’s Lowlands of Scotland series has rather captured my mind and heart these past several weeks. I’d shied away from Thorn […]
It sneaks up on me, sometimes. I might check facebook, and see pictures posted by friends, some much younger than I, who seem to be living the life I hoped I might by now. One posts pictures of her adorable little girls, another of her new baby boy. Another just got engaged. I’m happy for […]
