One Word 2020 If you are one to have a one word for the year – do you select one or do you allow the word/principle to select you? And they cast their lots, and the lot fell on Mattias. And he was numbered with the eleven apostles. Acts 1.26 And they chose Stephen…whom they… [Read More]
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Five Minute Friday: NAME
Kate said name And, I am going to begin singing a praise song that unravels me every time it is played or sung…ready? \0/ What a beautiful Name it is What a beautiful Name it is The Name of Jesus Christ my King! You didn’t want heaven without us So Jesus, You brought heaven down… [Read More]
Womanhood – Esther Part One
Esther, also known as Hadassah This past weekend we heard an extraordinary message at church. I think the title of it was, “The Pressure to Perform.” And, as I pondered which woman would be my next focus in this series, Queen Esther came to mind. Esther shows up in Biblical history approximately 465-475 B.C…. [Read More]
Motherhood – Jochebed
The Mother of Moses Jochebed [JAH-kuh-bed] meaning, YAHWEH IS GLORY. She lived approximately 1525 B.C. and, was of the family of Levi, who was the third son of Leah and Jacob. Jochebed married her brother Kohath’s oldest son, Amram. They had three children, Miriam, Aaron, and Moses, all of whom distinguished themselves among God’s chosen…. [Read More]
Quarterly Report: Q1-2019
Quarterly Report I enjoy doing this report four times a year. Monthly is too often for me but quarterly is perfect. And, it is good for my soul to go through the planner and see how the days were spent. I have learned the truth about a saying I saw years ago – not sure… [Read More]
The Best Kept Secret in the Old Testament
The year was 1997. The place was Hong Kong. The scare was H5N1, better known as the Avian Bird Flu. Do you remember? You can read about it here. I like to remember 1997 as the year our first grandchild was born but alas the bird flu made the headlines! THAT was the year I… [Read More]
August 2017: L.I.S.T.
These are my August “things.” I never want to stop learning or being inspired and I long for soul-satisying things in my life. Here is my August L I S T: Loving: I have a love/hate relationship with The Beast – my non-electric treadmill; but I do love listening to podcasts while walking. My one… [Read More]
These Halcyon Days
adjective denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful. “the halcyon days of the mid-1980s, when profits were soaring” synonyms: happy, golden, idyllic, carefree, blissful, joyful, joyous, contented I have been a fiction hound this summer. I began with one of my all-time favorite authors, Rosamunde Pilcher: Voices in… [Read More]