After I read several books by Matthew Kelly, I decided to be more intentional about holy moments. To seek out ways to share love and thus spread the holiness of God into my community. A “thank you” to the person at Target who cleans the grimy carts A “God bless you. It will get better” …
With all the natural disasters, political upheavals and the scourge of COVID, I’m re-thinking the topic of Hope. Not that I have abandoned its importance, but rather thinking how Hope presents itself and how we react to it. All this reflection has led me to believe that Hope exists in layers. Layer One: The Everyday …
The following guest post is written by Jena Fellers. Do you love surprises? Me, too. But I always hope for good surprises. Recently, my husband asked me to join him delivering for Door Dash. He had decided to try Door Dash to earn extra income and wanted to see how feasible it was. From the …
As I walked out of Hen House with my groceries, he was loading his trunk with food supplies. He smiled, then asked, “Are you from New Mexico? He pointed toward the tag on my car: “New Mexico — Land of Enchantment.” “No,” I said, “but I’d like to be. It’s on my bucket list to …
Patience is NOT one of my virtues. Yet it seems as I grow older, God requires more instruction involving patience. Once again, I sit in his school of waiting. When we wait, our first question is “When?” When will the answers come? How much longer do I need to wait? Is there a deeper purpose …
She is often overlooked as a mere secondary character in Genesis. Yet Hagar’s story contains one of the most insightful verses of all time. Hagar may have been fairly young as the maid servant of Sarai, Abram’s wife. Because Sarai was not able to conceive, she convinced Abram to take Hagar as his concubine. Hagar …
Some of my she-roes are women who live with chronic pain. Day after day, decade after decade. Their endurance puts me to shame. During 2020 – 2021, I experienced just a taste of what they deal with all the time. My chronic pain began with a single step. Most accidents around the home do not …
The idea came in the middle of a Sunday School class — BC — before COVID. We were reading through Genesis 11 when I suddenly stopped. Here was the tale about a young boy, Lot, who was taken from his mother and transported to another location. For reasons we are not told, Terah (father of …
My son and I often bond over the National Geographic channel, particularly the veterinarian shows. One of our favorites is Heartland Docs, a husband and wife team of vets in northeast Nebraska. During a recent show, Doctors Erin and Ben answered an emergency call from a horse breeder. One of his prize quarter horses, Lucky, …
Every year, as I struggle to survive February, I look forward to March Madness. Then for several weeks, I indulge in TV watching, cheering for my teams and yelling at double the volume. In 2020, the basketball authorities cancelled March Madness to protect everyone from COVID-19. This year, I was ready. Like the Uber Eats …