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…]
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…]
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…]
At the beginning of what could be a very long list, I started jotting down things with which I have a love/hate relationship. (Steve suggested himself, but I’m saving him for the category “Things I love but they sure are a lot of trouble.” Different post.) The top of my list is surely cars. Over the years, … [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…]
So how far ahead does God plan for us? When a pioneer family found shelter in a 400-year-old hollow sycamore, had God planned to have that available for them? When old acquaintances have a chance meeting and one ends up working for the other, did God plan that detour one made that day? When the … [Read more…]
