He was no more than five years old. It was a commercial for the homeless mission in Los Angeles. As the ad aired, showing the men and women who had been touched by the ministry, my nephew’s heart was touched. The age-old question “why do bad things happen in this […]
Guilt and feelings of inadequacy can be such powerful motivators, driving us to work hard for the approval of others. Working hard isn’t necessarily a bad thing, nor is seeking approval. However, when we think we need to work for God’s approval, then there is a problem. Praise God we […]
After the amazing deliverance from Egypt, you would think the people of Israel would have said “Wow! We should follow Him all the days of our lives and not turn to other gods!” But, they didn’t. Time and time again, Israel sinned. God handed them over to their enemies; they […]
Pealing, tintinnabulation, jingling, ringing, clanging, chiming, tinkling, bonging, tolling. There are so many ways to express what bells do, each one describing a different type of sound. I love bells. Perhaps I can’t say all bells, but many of them. I think the first one I ever got was in […]
The flashing lights were visible from the second floor of the house. It appeared that it was overflowing with firemen and emergency workers. All searching for my little sister. We were very young at the time. I wasn’t much older than 4 and she, being a year and a half […]
The campground was almost completely deserted. Granted, it was the end of September in the Cascade Mountains but we didn’t see anything too outrageous about the fact we were having one last weekend for the year. My husband found a huge chunk of oak and that evening we had a […]
I had never dreamed that I would move so far away from my family and friends yet I found myself in our car following the moving truck my husband was driving headed for our new home, sixteen or so hours away from the world I had always known. Don’t get […]
Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water every where, Nor any drop to drink Thus cries the sailor in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Water that consists simply of two hydrogen atoms and one of oxygen is life giving. But add […]
As I promised in my post of Joyce DiPastena’s Just This Moment, here are the reviews for the remainder of the books in the anthology. With A Kiss: A Sweet Romance Anthology: Ten authors have gathered to share their talents to support a friend who is dealing with extensive medical expenses […]
I was certain he was dead. There he lay, so still, with no sign of breathing. No twitching. Not to mention that he was just inches from my feet. Surely if there was any life in him, he would have scurried away. Felix ignored the corpse, so I resolved to […]