This morning, I get on an airplane to fly away from my Baltimore children. Getting on an airplane is not a new thing. Hours in airports, and in the air, is not new, either. Saying good-bye to my military…
I bumped into the prophet Jeremiah the other day in a little book in the Old Testament. Somewhere in the middle of Lamentations, I remembered why I tend to avoid reading this piece of history. It’s five chapters of…
There’s lots of white space below this line…I’ve not been home for several weeks, and my normal routine is a little “off,” which tends to throw everything out of whack (you know what I mean)…so, a lot of white…
Last week, a reference was made to the above passage from Proverbs. All of us understand what it looks like to hope for something, to wait, and wait, and wait, and to be consistently disappointed. We can probably can…
After an introduction last week on hope, and why I’m taking a deeper look at the biblical perspective for enlarging my understanding, it’s apparent that a glance at hope’s definition is an essential starting point. If I’m going to be…
Here are some cold, hard facts to ruin your day (nice way to start a blog, eh?): Did you know that every 11.7 minutes someone in America dies by suicide? Did you know that 123 Americans take their own…
I received a New Year’s revelation on New Year’s morning. (Note: that was revelation, not resolution.) As mentioned, I don’t do resolutions, but I do vision-casting (see last week’s blog if you’re curious). However, once the vision has been…
In the beginning, God created…By the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on the seventh day He rested… Genesis 1:1a, Genesis 2:2 We’ve just about finished our work for 2017. It’s time to…
As we drove home from an early Christmas celebration in Arizona with our Mace family (including a surprise visit from our soldier-son, Adam), Bay and I tuned into a radio talk show to pass the time. My precious game-loving…
It’s Advent….and we’re almost half way into the Season. When Advent arrives, at our house, that means Hallmark Christmas movies. Every year. As an aside, please take time to applaud my loving husband. From the end of Thanksgiving until…