One hundred years ago today, my mom was born into this world. She didn’t make it to her 100th birthday. She went to heaven after 98 1/2 years here. But she was pretty close! To look back at one hundred years of history and to actually live those years seems almost daunting. And surreal. When […]
Musings
Summer Happenings
Happy summer! I love this time of year when the flowers are in full bloom–those that didn’t bloom in Spring–and all the wild animals come out to play. Well…the few that we see, which is more than we enjoyed where we used to live. On our walk tonight, I told my husband how thankful I […]
Anniversary Thoughts
We are celebrating our 46th wedding anniversary this Sunday. Actually, we’re taking the whole weekend to enjoy some “us” time, which is pretty great! Today Randy came up with some fun things to do, a couple of estate sales, and yes, we bought a few things. Randy was looking for a six foot ladder, and […]
Why Joshua said, “Choose Life.”
Choose Life. We know those words. They’ve been the banner cry of the pro-life movement for years and years. But did you know that those two words did not come from our modern thinking? In fact, to be “pro-life” has ancient roots. God has always given humanity a choice between life and death. Go back […]
Why does the Bible make a big deal about salt?
Have you ever thought about salt? Other than to shake it onto your food or if you live in Michigan your roads in winter, you might not consider how many different ways salt is mentioned in the Bible. In my reading of the Gospel of Mark the other night, I ran across this passage: “For […]