Our oldest son and his wife called us on FaceTime recently. Among other things, we discussed work. I mentioned I can hardly believe someone pays me to do my job! I get to learn so much, regularly face new challenges, and exercise my creativity in multiple ways. And I feel blessed to have work I enjoy. …
My life has changed dramatically over the past three years. My first career was as a full-time mom/household executive. When our youngest finished the first half of high school I felt change stirring in my heart. Over many months and a series of unpredictable, unprecedented circumstances, I eventually landed a job that I love in the Cloud …
“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones” (Proverbs 17:22). When my eyes landed on that verse recently, it had special relevance, since I was typing with only my right hand, due to recently breaking a bone in my elbow in a cycling fall. Joy as good medicine seemed …
One Friday evening a little over two weeks ago, I decided to do a quick test ride of my road bicycle as part of getting ready for our much-anticipated vacation. As I approached our house, I misjudged a route, lost my balance and took a very hard fall, my left elbow crashing into the pavement. …
I always thought it would be cool to be “a man of few words.” You, know, the tall, dark, strong, silent type idealized in movies. I’d be someone who seldom spoke, but when I did dispense a nugget of wisdom or astute observation, heads would turn. My words would be weighty and profound. Reporters would …
I don’t know about you, but I’d rather talk than listen any day. Not that I’m in love with the sound of my voice, it just comes more naturally to say what I think than to shut up and pay attention to what somebody else has to say. But the Bible doesn’t tell us to …
Our home library includes some “Where’s Waldo” children’s books which feature a lanky, bespectacled young man in a red and white shirt, hidden in detailed drawings with scores of other people and objects. The reader must find Waldo on the incredibly busy double-page spread. It’s sometimes tricky, because the illustrator has dressed other people in similar clothes, …
One evening for dessert, I decided I’d “be good” and lower my sugar intake by diluting my ice cream. Reasoning they were both dairy products, I mixed plain yogurt with my butter pecan ice cream. Before you rush to your fridge, be forewarned—it tasted awful! The tartness of the yogurt and the sweetness of the ice …
As the parents of six kids, we sometimes found it difficult to appreciate their cleverness or cuteness at the time. That’s why we captured some of those special moments to enjoy later. We have hours of videos filled with birthdays, Christmases, dance recitals, cross country meets, Boy Scouts, marching band competitions, etc. But my favorites …
We grow a variety of flowers and vegetables every summer–thanks to my husband. But my sister-in-law surpasses our collection with her veritable botanical garden. These two green-thumbed siblings amaze me with their gift of gardening. Yet even I, the weakest gardener among us three, know the two key factors to successful gardening: sunlight and water. …
Have you ever noticed how easy it is to worry? I don’t even watch the news (a virtual fear factory), and yet just going through life gives opportunity after opportunity for me to get caught up in anxious thoughts. Jesus recognized this challenge and invites, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, …
I Chronicles 16:24-26 Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples. For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; He also is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the Lord made the heavens. The Bible calls all of this world’s gods mere idols–but the Lord, who made the …
