Sunday we loaded up the car and drove to our favorite little park in Lakeside, on Flathead Lake. From there we took a leisurely stroll (1.6 miles –we know because afterward Matt had to clock it) on the road that hugs the lake. It was the perfect day, with not a cloud in the sky…
I get his phone call and can tell I’m on speaker phone. Um, I think I’m lost. Only a few weeks into having a driver’s license, this is a big adventure to get himself south of town for district music festival. We talked through the directions before he left for school in the morning, but he made…
I will not tell you how many times we have watched The Avengers at this house. So can you join me in the world of ripped-muscle super heroes, with impenetrable shield, iron armor, eagle eyes, cunning espionage, smashing strength, and lightning-infused hammer? This is Psalm 2 and 3. David with TENS of thousands drawn up…
I recently wrote about God’s power on Mondays, and a friend thought I should make this a series. Seems like a great idea, so I’m going to bring you Monday Power posts for a while. (It’s so fun to have your own blog and just do whatever fun thing you want!) Let me begin by telling…
A precious woman at church posted this story on Facebook a few days ago. It is an incredible example of the way God intimately encourages us, if we just go to Him and ask for His encouragement. I received her permission to share her story with you, along with pictures of her beautiful children. Get…
When we visit my parents there are two priority destinations. First is to the M&M jar, always stocked with season-specific colors. (Coming soon is red white and blue.) Second is to the utility room where there will be thirty books -big picture ones for my little nieces and stacks of hand-picked novels for everyone else. …
I recently read a note written by a young man who left his cozy church family and went out into the big wide world. There he has discovered many other views about spirituality. Now he realizes he was “narrow-minded” when he lived here, and he has thrown out his small-town views of God. I once…
When I was growing up, I sang in church because that’s what we did in church. Please turn in your hymnal to page 325, and let’s sing the first, second, and fourth stanzas. (That’s how the Baptists did it back then.) But several years ago God put it on my heart to go to Africa…
I remember when my daughter started soccer in her early grade school years. For all of her short little life we had been telling her, Don’t be selfish, Share with others, always be kind. Then she was on the soccer field, and we were screaming, Take the ball! Push past her! Don’t let her get…
I fell in love with my husband again yesterday. My daughter had a scheduled appointment for all four wisdom teeth to be removed at 7:30 yesterday morning, and every time I thought about it I got woozy. (My husband said “woozy” was an onomatopoeia –every time I said it I sounded and looked the part.)…
I’ve been unhappy this week. Because I’m so tired of when people say they know Jesus but they’re not happy –not just having-a-bad-day unhappy but having-a-bad-life unhappy. Like every time I see them or talk to them I can expect them to be unhappy. And I think, How can you say you know Jesus but…
My dad left a big chunk of his hearing acuity in Vietnam, so the VA just bought him some genius hearing aids with Bluetooth technology. When the phone rings dad can press a button and listen through his hearing aids. He can even program the TV to come through his hearing aids. He is now…
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