“Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way—now that you have come to your servant.”
Genesis 18:5 NIV
Blast from My Baby-Past Plus a Blogging Break
Summer Photo Fun always calls for a blast from the past, and since I’ve had babies on the brain so much this year,…
Summer Photo Fun: Gray Catbird Beauty
Those of you who know me know that I love to try to capture great photos of birds. You also know that I…
Summer Photo Fun: Caption This Cuteness!
Is it too soon to bring the grandbabies back to Summer Photo Fun? I sure hope not because they are indeed back today…
Summer Photo Fun: “Name This Location” Returns!
Last year during Summer Photo Fun, we had lots of fun with a “Name This Location” challenge. And a challenge it truly proved…
Summer Photo Fun 2015 Kick-Off: Our Grandbabies!
It’s time for Summer Photo Fun here on the blog once again, and I’m doing what any self-respecting new grandma would do—feature her…
Midweek Morsel: Old Glory Still Flies
As we head into this Fourth of July holiday weekend, aren’t you glad that Old Glory still flies? Much blood has been shed…
7 Things I Would Tell My Younger Self
I hate to admit it, but later this summer I’ll be celebrating a pretty big birthday. Big, that is, as in the number…
Midweek Morsel: Praying for Favor
“The king said to me, ‘What is it you want?’ Then I prayed to the God of heaven and I answered the king,…
Give God the Glory
When we do something well or endure a particularly difficult situation and come out still standing, who usually gets the credit? Do we…
Midweek Morsel: A Father’s Day Message to Dads
Hey friends, I have a poem for you today that you can share with the fathers in your lives. My dad is pictured…
Adventure Wanted!
I admitted this on Facebook a couple of weeks ago so I’ll admit it here, too—I’ve purchased two travel journals recently. But since…
Midweek Morsel: Live Life
I attended a writers conference recently where I was once again reminded and exhorted to live life. By the very nature of the…
Resting in His Hands
*My nephew Gavin’s photo in this encore post from June 2009 is certainly outdated (boy, has he grown!), but the message of the…
Midweek Morsel: Attracting Others to the Lord
“‘Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.’” Zechariah 8:23b Seekers—people who don’t yet have a relationship…
Good Intentions Lost in the Shuffle
We’ve all been there—moments when we make mental note to carry out a certain action at a later time. A time that’s more…
Last-Half-of-May Blogging Break
The first half of May has been a whirlwind for me and the last half of the month promises more of the same….
Midweek Morsel: The Prayer of an Imperfect Vessel
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” 2…
A Persistent Breed
*This piece about perseverance, written originally for my February 2009 Life Notes newsletter, is still spot-on applicable in my life today. Last fall…