In less than a week, I will celebrate with my Jim our third year of marriage together. We will toast our lives together. We will re-live the past three years. Listen to a recording of our wedding. Talk about the high points of our year. We will rejoice in each other. We’ve been so happy, so overwhelmed with joy. Yet even the joy and comfort we have in our love for one another, we know our life together is temporary.
I'm so grateful we have this third Thursday of November set aside for this giving thanks. I'd like to post some photos that tell the story. I'm thankful for the beautiful sunrises we awaken to some mornings in the Pacific NW. Often it is gray and cloudy, but many times, it is lovely. Isn't the pinkness [...]
Lost Acres... There was once a place called Lost Acres. A family lived there. There was a mom and a dad with children. The children grew up and then brought their children there to play. It was a wonderful place for everyone. Old and young. There was a play structure for the children to run [...]
Yes, that’s right. Today is Friday, October 21, 2016. We’re crossing the international date line tonight and that means we’re going to miss a day to catch up with the Southern Hemisphere. Don’t ask me to explain it, for I can’t. I just know we lose a day traveling west, gain a day traveling east. [...]
I think Fall is my favorite season, though I love each one that rolls by. I enjoy the cool, foggy mornings that turn into crisp, clear, blue-skied days. I love watching the trees turn their faded green into bright oranges and yellows, with some maples looking as though they’re a burning torch. I also feel [...]
(written in October of 2015) Be still and know.... Last evening, after dinner, while sitting in their living room, Jim posed a question to Uncle Russ. Russell Jones taught at a Bible School his entire professional career and was also a pastor of several churches. Jim asked, “What have you learned about God [...]
Animals. What variety and creativity! We went to the State Fair this week and I took a few photos. These animals weren't at the fair, but aren't they cute? Hope you enjoy God's creation. Enjoy the l-a-s-t weekend before Fall begins in earnest. We'll be taking a trip, so we'll [...]
What if believers all around the United States began to pray for their country? What might happen?
A few weeks ago, one cheerful sunny morning, we walked along the road and heard the rumble and grind of large equipment.
I've learned that to Wear My Peace in the good and bad times is better, though not always easy.
