I’m pretty accessible most of the week. Like a lot of gals, I keep my cell phone handy and respond to texts almost immediately. And if you email me, you’ll get a speedy reply, too. But on Thursday mornings starting around 10:20, don’t bother me. I have plans. Important, sacred, guarded plans. Around 10:20 a.m. on most Thursdays I’m pulling mugs… Read More
We were two peas in a pod. She was the kindred spirit Anne of Green Gables had sent me looking for. We share a birthday, and we laughingly chided our husbands that even we couldn’t have planned that. Autumn is filled with memories that my friend and I created over the years. It was in the fall that we ran… Read More
My heart has gotten me in serious trouble. Fortunately, that’s no big news to my Creator. Jeremiah wrote that our hearts are more prone than anything else to get us into trouble. One of the areas in which my heart has gotten me into trouble has been right at the front door. I have opened wide the door to my… Read More
I didn’t think I’d ever felt compelled to be owned by someone else. At least not in the sense that would make me enslaved to them. I’m a pretty independent gal. But I have yearned to belong. In fact, like most people, I’ve worked hard to belong at times. I’ve dressed to fit in, joined the club, spoken the language,… Read More
Love does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered. (1 Corinthians 13:5) Have you ever found yourself suddenly sidetracked by little offenses? Recently, when I was on the phone with a friend, I found myself suddenly feeling offended by little things she was saying. Now that I… Read More
“Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.” (Matthew 10:27) Some things just aren’t to be repeated. And we’ve all gotten in trouble at some point for sharing something, perhaps even innocently, and realizing later we never should have passed on to another what we heard… Read More