He has come and is coming – A devotional for Advent
Its' been on my heart to put a devotional together for Advent for some time. I toyed a bit with the idea last year. So, this year I got serious…
Relationships take time. What we put in is what we will get out of our relationships. Relationships also take effort from both parties. God is always ready to put in the effort; in fact, He already has put in the effort to have a relationship with us. He is waiting for us to respond to Him. Growing in relationship with God simply means putting in the effort to get to know Him.
Thousands of hours
I have spent thousands of hours journaling during my lifetime. It’s a discipline I learned many years ago. There are times when I journal more than others, but I rarely…
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When the streams of life are muddy
Life is messy. Most of the time it's messy because of people, either ourselves or those around us have muddied the waters. So, I’ve been studying relationships (again) because from…
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Me, warts and all, this is who God chose
I loved working with our church's team in Malawi. I recently worked at a community health clinic in Malawi with a team of volunteers, mostly from the USA. (Sorry for…
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Living in peace: how to face the twins of doubt and fear
"On the evening of that day, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, 'Peace…
Running into a pirate looking for buried treasure
Pirates. As a child, running into a pirate was one of my greatest fears. The movies portrayed them as fearful enemies who had no mercy on those who dared steal…
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I tried to pace myself but failed, how this week unfolds will be interesting
This year I tried to pace myself but failed. Every day, week, and month gets packed with activity. A good example of this is this week. We are moving (yay)…
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Well, it’s not terrible, my ego wasn’t deflated
I’ve always loved arts and crafts. A few years ago, I was invited to one of those paint classes while we were traveling in the USA. An instructor tried to…
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No one likes a know-it-all
I used to live thinking that my future depended on my decisions alone. I had to do right, be right, think right, to make it to the finish line victoriously.…
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We decided long ago to love
40 years. That's how long I will have been married to Jamie in July this year, 2024 (spoiler alert: I will post a very sappy anniversary blog). I can't say…
