Go with Joy…
A couple months ago, I had an accident in my little Honda Element. I ran into someone from behind. It's the first accident that I have ever had where I was driving. Some might find that hard to believe, given [...]
“Let there be light…”
This picture is a story that had its start almost 2 years ago now...so hold on to your seats as I share one of the "mysteries" that I am still in the middle of... I was getting dropped off at [...]
Generations of Blessing
"One generation will commend your works to another; they will tell of your mighty acts. They will speak of the glorious splendor of Your majesty..." Psalm 145:4-5 This Psalm was on my heart as I prepared to pray a blessing [...]
A Reminder…
Sometimes I just need a reminder...a reminder that He is present...a reminder that He never leaves me or forsakes me...a reminder that He is good and that His love endures forever. Last week was one of those weeks, and He [...]
The Death of Heroes…Elizabeth Elliot
Elizabeth Elliot...I never met her, but she deeply impacted my life and slowly became one of my heroes. I started reading her books while in the Philippines on a Teen Missions trip in high school--Passion and Purity was my first read. [...]
Experience Africa 2015–a family reunion…
A family reunion...that was the phrase used to describe the essence of our time together in South Africa on Experience Africa 2015. If you had been eavesdropping, you would have heard laughter and tears around the meal tables, sharing of life experiences across generations, speaking [...]
A mountain view…
The beginning of a new year....there's something so fresh about that...a new start, a new perspective, a new opportunity...a chance to "climb to the top of the mountain" and get an arial view before realities of daily life come galloping in. On [...]
A piano, Poland and Grandma Bell
What in the world do a Piano, Poland and my Grandma have in common? Well, there's a story... I knew my Grandma Bell as a gentle, sweet and lovely woman, even though her children sometimes affectionately refer to her as the [...]
By faith…
There's nothing that moves our God like the faith of His people--believing God for who He says He is and all that He says He can do. He esteems it. He requires it. It moves Him. Hebrews 11 is legendary [...]
She can laugh…
Proverbs 31 uses "she can laugh at the days to come..." to describe this "famous" (or infamous some tired women might say!) wife of noble character." My aunt also wrote a book by that title when I was in college, [...]