I started this blog entry in May, but never finished it. It's been such an unsettled year with so many changes and setbacks that I just stopped doing just about everything. It's depressing. Summer heat swept in in May and stayed all summer long, along with smoke and ash all across Northern California. I have… Continue reading GARDENING AND OTHER EVENTS
Philippians 4:8 "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things. It is good to take time to reflect on things and events in… Continue reading REFLECTIONS
I had a great dad. He was a long way from being a perfect man, but he was a great father. There were four of us: three daughters and the youngest of us, a son. My dad loved us all, and never one more than another. As each of us grew from infancy to adulthood,… Continue reading CONNECTING WITH THE FATHER’S HEART
I have been sitting here thinking about the events of this past week and feeling discouraged and disappointed. Don't get me wrong; I have not lost faith or hope, but I never thought I would see the level of lies, misinformation, propaganda, slander, libel and just plain ignorance bouncing around the air waves, through the… Continue reading COUNTING THE COST
Today is called Good Friday because of what this day brought to us....Resurrection Sunday. But for Jesus and His followers it didn't feel so good. A Roman crucifixion wasn't something that most of us would care to watch....let alone experience. It was brutality at its worst. The complete dehumanizing of anyone who had to suffer… Continue reading GOOD FRIDAY…..and then…RESURRECTION!!!
In 1968 a flu called the "Asian Flu" was identified and started its tour of the world. In the US one hundred thousand people died as a result of this flu which was said to be less deadly than previous flus due to increased immunity from the flu in general. Today we have the coronavirus....or… Continue reading PANDEMICS AND PANIC
The world has changed over the past four weeks. It has gone a little crazy and now we have people making little videos poking fun at the toilet paper crisis....showing funny videos of people buying drugs and blackmarket goods with toilet paper or paying outrageous prices for rolls of toilet paper....all very funny and completely… Continue reading SELF QUARANTINE AND STAYING AT HOME
So here I sit....watching my sister put in a new floor in my bedroom. We shift stuff, stack stuff, clear a space; she lays flooring, then we shift, stack and clear again. It's keeping us busy for the moment. The rest of the world is fussing, fretting and freaking out over the coronavirus and we're… Continue reading STAYING AT HOME AND SOCIAL DISTANCING!
So here it is...March 16, and we are having winter storms pounding at us. It hailed here yesterday, and there is heavy snow in the mountains. It's been spring since mid February and now it's winter again. Crazy weather. The hail terrified our mostly grown pups and lined the streets in white along the curbs.… Continue reading IS WINTER SLAPPING BACK AT SPRING?
This morning I was reading in Acts 13 when something jumped out at me. It wasn't something especially spiritual or high minded. It was a statement about women. Phillips translation of the New Testament...Acts 13:50 (<speaking of the rejection of the Gospel by the Jews in Antioch as preached by Paul>) "But the Jews worked… Continue reading FINDING GOD IN EVERYDAY THINGS
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