We just retuned from a twelve day trip to Oregon where we served / ministered in Bandon and McMinnville (there’s a report of the trip located on my facebook page). In between events, we got a few special days…
Hope and trust. Conjoined twins. It’s been mentioned over and over in the 40-now blogs I’ve posted on hope. So, I don’t know why I was struck this week, by this sentence, which uses the following underlined phrase, in…
This has been a week of putting into practice what I’ve been learning on HOPE. A test has come…and gone…and I passed with mediocrity. A “thing” which I had hoped-to-see occur (and, clung to a promise over) has passed…and,…
Today is a sandwich day. No, I’m not eating a sandwich… …it’s an in-between day. I’m in-between speaking at one retreat and heading for another. I’m just home from a weekend with a lovely group of ladies (from three…
Be alert. Stay watchful. We have an enemy. He’s LIKE a lion. He’s not one; but he wants us to think he is. He wants us to believe he can devour us. He prowls in such a way, so…
Last week, I ended saying that there’s one more ingredient to add to our weed killer. Really, there are two. The fact is that I was going to lump the last two together, because there is a way to…
Every Tuesday morning, my phone beeps with two alert notifications. Some days, I really need gentle reminders to help me stay on task. I hate to say that I’m easily distracted, but, quite often, whatever is yelling at me…
Last week, I mentioned a very real hope-choker: anxiety/worry. It springs up in my metaphorical garden of faith, like the clover or dandelions that try to take over my flower and vegetable beds. This truth has resonated with me…
My greatest, personal hindrance to HOPE is anxiety. There! I said it. It’s just nine simple words. However, to put that sentence on a page, let alone on the internet for others to read, took courage. I reached down…
I’m trying to cling to the last strings of summer, even though fall is my ABSOLUTE favorite time of year. The “lazy days” of summer flew by for me (where did this phrase come from, anyway? – I don’t…