A Prayer for Those Needing Hope

August 19, 2018 By

As is my custom, whenever I am asked to offer prayer in public worship, I post it here. Today, I also had the privilege of leading the worship service, in the absence of both of our pastors. Another … Read more...

FIRE — Use It or Abuse It? — for SheLoves, August 2018

August 17, 2018 By

Each week during the winter months of the year just past, our Confirmation students would arrive, shivering in the central California coolness, for our very early 8:45 a.m. Sunday classes. My husband … Read more...

A Prayer for Those in Need of Goodness and Mercy

July 23, 2018 By

Whenever I am invited to pray in public, I try to post those prayers in this space. Sometimes, people ask me for a copy and this is the easiest way to make that happen. In our church community, we … Read more...

Who Says?? — an essay for SheLovesMagazine, July 2018

July 13, 2018 By

We are back from almost a month of travel, returning to excessive heat and a tragic wildfire that was heat and wind driven about four miles from where we live. This has been a year of disaster on many … Read more...

Redefining Terms — For SheLoves, May, 2018

May 18, 2018 By

Anyone who has read my work for any length of time will know that the content of this month's essay at SheLoves has appeared, in slightly different form, here and in an ebook I put together about five … Read more...

A Wide Believing — For SheLoves, April 2018

April 20, 2018 By

I took a month off from SheLoves in March, but I'm back in the April edition, pondering some words that I found in the memoir I reviewed here last week -- "Forgiving God," by Hilary Yancey. Come on … Read more...

4:38 p.m.

April 19, 2018 By

They tell me there was snow on our mountains for about five minutes this morning. I never saw it, but I believe it was there. I know in my head that my mother has been gone for exactly one year … Read more...

A Beautiful Book — Book Review: “Forgiving God,” by Hilary Yancey

April 11, 2018 By

Those of you who subscribe to my monthly newsletter already know that this one was on the top of my to-be-read pile as April began. It took me exactly ONE DAY to read it, and I am re-reading parts of … Read more...

Easter! — Journey’s End!!!

April 1, 2018 By

If you’ve traveled along this road with me from the beginning of our time in the wilderness — thank you. If you’ve checked in now and again — thank you. This has been a rich and humbling experience … Read more...

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