I love to worship God. (As much as I love it, you'd think I'd be spending more time doing it. Well...I'm going to!) Our God loves it when we spend time simply adoring him! Shifting the gaze of my heart onto his beauty and goodness and away...
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Yesterday morning, John shared this story with me: When Dallas Willard was asked by a friend, "How do I best teach people about Jesus?" Willard thought, then replied, "You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life."
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I like this time of night. The house is quiet save for when the wind blows the aspen branches too close to the window. They scratch to get in. Maybe they don’t want to get in at all but are simply asking for attention. Have you...
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I like this time of night. The house is quiet save for when the wind blows the aspen branches too close to the window. They scratch to get in. Maybe they don’t want to get in at all but are simply asking for attention. Have you...
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You’re not supposed to blog on Fridays. Or so I’ve been told. But I am not good at timing these things. Nor at following directions as to what I’ve been told. The thing is, Friday or not, I need help.
So I...
READ MOREI'm on a "business" "ministry" trip! Here I am, all grown up and traveling by my lonesome. Just me and Jesus all the way to Dallas where the grass is green and the trees have leaves on them! Yay! I left a snowstorm for this! I'm attending/...
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I stopped getting the newspaper years ago because my heart couldn’t take it. I would open it up and weep. I didn’t know my tears were intercession, but they were. They were then and they are now.
It’s been a week. 2:...
READ MOREI just had my picture taken. Really, no big deal, right? I'm doing some audio recordings and thought, hey—let's take a picture and I'll put it on my Facebook page. (I'm trying to become social media savvy woman.) So, a friend took two pictures...
READ MOREI’ve been thinking a lot about Mary Magdalene lately. Especially her experience on that first Easter morning that took place just a moment ago. You remember how it went—on the third day, at the crack of dawn, at the first possible moment, Mary...
READ MOREI am marinating in this passage these days:
John 14:7-11 (NKJV)
“If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”
Philip said to Him, “...
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For Men Only!
Hey fellas! If you are anything like my husband, you don’t care much for Valentine’s Day. John does not like to be told that on February 14th, he is to be Mr. Romance, pull out...
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Happy New Year!!! It’s January again. The “Get in Shape, Lose the Christmas Cookies Effect” month. It’s actually the last day of January as I am writing this, so I’m a little late to get on board. But you know, better late than never...
READ MOREIn the light of recent tragedies, my desire to create a stunning, memorable and holy Christmas this year has paled. A little. Yet, if I'm honest, the desire does remain in tact just a breath beneath the surface. Last year, at the peak of...
READ MORETo paraphrase Philip Yancey, “Faith believes ahead of time what can only be understood by looking back.”
I was six months pregnant with our first child when my husband was...
READ MOREMy mother told me that “Good things come to those who wait” and usually when the thought of waiting felt too much to bear. Cookies to come out of the oven. Christmas morning to arrive. A graduation. A...
READ MOREMy “Official Ballot” came in the mail yesterday. I was so happy to get it. Come November 6th, I won’t have to stand in line! Though, I will miss my “I voted” sticker, it’ll be good to do it in advance. One of my son’s “Official Ballot” came in...
READ MOREMy friend, Rosetta, is all for hearing about the daily activities of my life. I had called her from a stop light to check in. This day was a full one. I was busy inside and out, driving to and fro on an endless stream of errands. I was tired...
READ MOREWe were visiting friends in Tucson, escaping the freezing temperatures for a brief respite to the warmth of the sun and the warmth of a welcome. After a restful day exploring the wonder of the desert, we gathered together for evening prayer...
READ MOREI love walking our golden retriever, Oban in the hills behind our home. Oban is almost 4 years old now but still such a puppy. Yesterday, he decided that he did not want to go for a walk after...