Memories of my childhood hold moments of stealing quietly away into the room in the house that held a tiny electric piano. It sat on the floor, made a humming …
Living Alive in ’23 – Part 2
A big part of living fully alive in 2023 is how we care for our physical bodies. Making wise choices with what we eat, how we move our bodies, and …
Living Alive in ’23 – Part 1
A New Year. It’s that time again when we tend to evaluate our lives. We may ask ourselves: Who are we? Who do we want to become? What do want …
New Year, Better You
When one year comes to end, we are always challenged to create goals and plans to make the next year even better! In fact, my husband and I came up …
Gifts for Our Savior
When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened …
Fullness of Time
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that …
Thank you, God
I’m sitting on a balcony overlooking Lake Kivu in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The beauty in this corner of the world is stunning. With thunderstorms rolling in every …
Don’t Run From the Battles
These are the nations the Lord left to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan (he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the …
The Remnant
Throughout every dispensation there has always been a remnant – a called out group of strong individuals who will stand above the rest. It seems everywhere we turn evil is …
3 Gifts from God to Overcome Fear
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7 Gifts – beautifully wrapped packages that …
Beloved by God
I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. Jeremiah 31:3 Beloved: dearly loved. In a world where “love” is full of hooks – …
He Knows You
You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you …