In 2012, Steve and I had a welcome dilemma. We’d received a check as a settlement with my brothers and me for our mother’s untimely death. We looked at the check and decided we would donate $15,000 to a charity she would have supported. We prayed for guidance in finding just the right project to … [Read more…]
In spite of temps in the 90s, we had a lovely Fourth of July celebration at the home of our daughter, Kelsey, and her husband, Stephen. Everyone was in place by 10 in the morning because of getting there early to park. The parade started promptly at 10:30 with seemingly dozens of gorgeous Corvettes leading … [Read more…]
This is a memory from almost ten years ago. I glanced at the time and accelerated a bit. Before leaving my mother’s house two hours earlier, I’d looked online for the worship time at this church that was on my route home; I didn’t want to be late. I pulled into the lot with five … [Read more…]
“I know I should have faith, but I just don’t think he’s going to make it,” my friend said. “You should have faith in God, and you do,” I answered, “but that’s different from having faith that he will get well.” I sat there, thinking. Is that true? I wondered. I’d never given it a … [Read more…]
When we arrived home from Brazil on Tuesday, just a week ago today, I hurried to throw all my dirty clothes down the laundry chute for Steve to wash. (Yes, he’s the laundry person at our house, as are my son and son-in-law at theirs. You might want to talk to the Boyd women about how we … [Read more…]
Nothing inspires such concentration on scripture for me than teaching an adult class or speaking to a group. I live my topic. I absorb it from the writings of others, print or online, and the Bible itself. My problem is that just as I think I’ve nailed down what I want to say, I find … [Read more…]
