If you have been with me from the beginning of this review on Humility you know that we have gotten into something that is beyond any of our speculations. We have learned that humility is not just another commodity that we can add to our purchases in this life. For a...
(This is a follow-up from the previous article. If you have not read it I encourage you to read it before you read this article.) There are many single women today who are discontent with their families, their education, their jobs, their singleness, and many other...
(Warning: This is an OUCH, and an encouragement.) As an older woman who has over the years taught and mentored younger women, I want to share some of what I have learned from this experience. Only three of those I mentored were single, but all had an original desire...
For some reason my mind has been on food these last few days, not just on one item and not just on one meal, and not just for a common occasion. My thoughts have been on a feast, in which I picture this long table that extends out of my sight, with so much food, and...
How important are the teachings of Jesus in the world today? The writer of the book of Hebrews began with these words, “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his...
What good are Birthdays now and then, Except to think what might have been; Unless we know of Whom we’re born; Who brings New Life, each day, each morn. Whose Eyes, to See; Whose Ears, to Hear; Whose Mind, to Understand How we, so small, so lost in time Are part of...
Jerry drove 30 minutes to our daughter’s house after sitting in church two hours. When we got there he took off his prosthesis and sat in his wheelchair for two more hours. As is the routine, he suggested (letting me know that our time together was coming to an end)...
This month the Kwansan Cherry tree is taking the spotlight from the prickly Bradford Pear. Like the Bradford Pear the Kwansan Cherry is an ornamental (no fruit), a hybrid planted only for its showy pink blooms. It grows 30-40 feet high and wide . Growers say that it...
Behind every person is a possibility. As I thought of writing this article three people came to mind; all are young men, each in his twenties. Jerad is dying of brain cancer. Don will soon graduate from college with a degree in History. Darren is married, and needs a...