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April 2020

April 09, 2020

Rejoicing in The Resurrection, Grieving for The Church

Today is Good Friday. Resurrection Sunday’s comin’. Though mandatory social distancing prevents outward celebrations this...

April 01, 2020

The Benefits of A Pandemic

Other than medical treatment that requires me to be at a doctor’s office in person,...

March 2020

March 25, 2020

Loving And Living Humbly Through COVID-19

One of the hardest things about being quarantined, and the Coronavirus in general, is that...

March 18, 2020

My Hope for America Amidst COVID-19

My husband and I are both quarantined, because we traveled over a part of the...

February 2020

February 13, 2020

What Putting Together A Thousand-Piece Puzzle Taught Me About Life

For five out of seven days last week, I spent several hours a day...

February 06, 2020

When Trump Was A Democrat

Donald Trump was once a Democrat. He was also an Independent. In chronological order,...

January 2020

January 30, 2020

When God Won’t Move Your Mountain

When You don't move the mountains, I'm needing You to move When You don't...

January 23, 2020

Should We Be Referring To People As Toxic?

Disclaimer: I am not a psychologist, a psychiatrist, or a therapist of any kind. I...

January 14, 2020

Planning My Ways, But Allowing The Lord to Direct My Steps

While it feels good to be sitting at the computer again, it also feels strange....

December 2019

December 12, 2019

When Love Came Down At Christmas

For Advent this year, I’ve read through a book by Sinclair Ferguson entitled Love Came...

December 06, 2019

Just Go To Church

Help me to always be devoted, confident, obedient, resigned, childlike in my trust of...

November 2019

November 21, 2019

The Beauty of Obedience

Continuing on with the Puritan prayer we've been discussing: Help me to always be devoted,...

November 13, 2019

Confidence in Christ, Not Country

A few weeks ago at church, a friend came up to me and, as a...

November 07, 2019

To Always Be Devoted

Not long ago, I quoted a quip from The Valley of Vision, a book...

October 2019

October 24, 2019

The Problem of (My) Pain

Still in a bit of a crisis with my gimpy leg, so I'm not...

October 17, 2019

Contentment and Joy, Come What May

Getting the deck painted. Making all the food. Hunting the mangy little mouse in...

October 10, 2019

She Who Limps

She who limps still walks. Those were words I read on a Facebook meme...

September 2019

September 26, 2019

A Nursery for Heaven

It seems most women, married or unmarried, either pursue a career these days or...

September 19, 2019

What’s Right and Wrong in The World

The Bible says all creation groans, and I hear it. I hear it in...

September 12, 2019

The Struggle To Pray

Ask any Christian what the most difficult part of his or her faith is, and...

May 2019

May 10, 2019

The Worst Piece of Advice Society Ever Gave Us

As a Colorado resident, I’m concerned about my grandchild’s safety at school. Weeks ago, his...

December 2018

December 31, 2018

I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie: Fifteen Favorite Reads of 2018

Remember my 2018 Reading Challenge? The goal was to read 100 books in 2018....

November 2018

November 13, 2018

On Grief: Does Time Heal All Wounds?

Time heals all wounds. That’s what they say, whoever “they” are. I think time...

November 07, 2018

Farewell, Florencee and Virginia

I apologize for being so quiet lately. A few days after I wrote about...

October 2018

October 18, 2018

Love At The Breakfast Table

Every morning, Shaun and I wake up, let the dogs out, and eat breakfast together....

October 16, 2018

Why God Is Kind

Melania Trump said last week that she is the most bullied person in the...

October 04, 2018

How Righteous Is Your Anger?

One of my first expressions of anger that I can recall was when I...

October 02, 2018

If Power Corrupts, Why Do We Place So Much Hope in Our Leaders?

Given the way my social media apps are looking, it’s clearly time to, for the...

September 2018

September 27, 2018

The Benefits of Rest and Solitude

Sometimes, it’s easier said than done to take a respite from Orchard House. I don’t...

September 25, 2018

In Praise of Domesticity

My husband and I celebrated twenty-nine years of marriage this week. He has always...