I often wonder if my mother could be the same parent today as she was in the 50s. Voices of culture have made radical changes in family life over the decades – but I believe she’d still be the same mom with the same steadfast principles. Mind your manners, be honest, and work hard. Back in the day, the fiction extreme of … [Read more...]
But Friday . . .
It’s Friday and we want Sunday . . . The simpler side of Easter is pastel, not darkness ~ it’s a braided path that leads to Calvary. There’s a smoother path that rushes to the resurrection but will miss the reflection on the one stained with blood tracks. Suffering and victory - we can't have one without the other. The … [Read more...]
Spring for the Soul
Looking out my March-window shows mixed signs of spring resting on a snow shovel. But Ash Wednesday is Wednesday and there’s something about the day that makes me look forward to everything un-winter. In my soul . . . The beginning of the Lenten season seems to shake winter right out of the heart to create space for the … [Read more...]
Undying Love
The tangled love story of Hosea and Gomer portrays God’s passionate love for His people. It begins with Hosea receiving the unusual instruction from God to take a wife – a harlot. Sounds absurd I know, but it has a beautiful purpose. So the prophet and the prostitute enter into holy matrimony and he gives the fallen lady … [Read more...]
Todays
If we could turn back time, most of us probably wouldn’t. As much as I loved the sweet times of life when my children were young, I still wouldn’t want a do-over – even though it’s my great keepsake. In any stage of life there will always be things we wish we’d have done differently and that’s where most of us are in the … [Read more...]
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