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A Need For Rest
Beautiful and warm have been the norm this summer. I can hear the birds singing outside my office window. A family of squirrels is chattering to one another in the branches of the trees. The breeze rustles the leaves. It’s all so peaceful, relaxing. Well, now it...
Spring Spectacle
Tomorrow is Easter – Resurrection Sunday. My Bible is open before me, the scripture describing the brutal beating and horrific death of our Lord staring up at me from the pages. I ponder the events, the reality of what the Lord did for me. He took my sins,...
Joy in the Ordinary
“You have put gladness in my heart…” Psalm 4:7a It’s snowing – again – still – as usual (for this time of the year). It would be pretty if we hadn’t already seen 250” of snowfall this season. After a time, you feel claustrophobic and restless. Each...
My Gift to Him
Snow blankets the yard. Icicles hang down from the roof. Lights twinkle in windows; carols are sung on nearly every radio station. Trees are decorated, packages are wrapped. Soon colorful wrapping and bright bows will cover the space under the tree. I will spend...
Hope in Nicaragua: Hugs From Little Children
“She extends her hand to the poor; yes, she reaches out her hands to the needy. Proverbs 31:20 Garbage littered the streets. Homes were made out of metal sheeting. Sewage ran down the road. Laundry was draped over wire fencing. Home after home,...
Airport Reflections
“…For He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.” Matthew 5:45 From the Houston airport, Monday, September 25, 2017, en route to Managua, Nicaragua I could write a full-length novel about the...