Monthly Archives: March 2025

Watching a television show on genealogy recently, I heard this phrase:  “Be the answer to your ancestor’s prayers.”  It caught my attention, first because it seemed unlike our typical reminder to do as Jesus would have us do.  Yet after … Continue reading →

Did you ever play video/electronic games? Some of those games used to have a joystick, that was your controller.  Different games now have a hand-held push button controller and there are games able to be played on your cell phones too.  The … Continue reading →

This is a story I recently read on Facebook, and it is perfect as we get closer to Easter. A rattlesnake bit one of my sheep in the face. Around these parts it is the deadliest snake. The sheep’s face … Continue reading →

This quote from Pastor Art’s homily Wednesday night got me thinking. Lent is tough! Here we are more than halfway through it and I’m wondering if I have done it right.   When I was a child, I had a great … Continue reading →

I was attacked by a goose recently. A pair of geese with five goslings took up residence at the pond by my home.  I was intrigued. I stood on the sidewalk watching the goose family while the gander watched me. … Continue reading →

I have a little wooden horse. It was my Dad’s and it has survived more than 100 years. Why do I treasure this little toy? Perhaps it’s just thinking about all the hands that have held it. My grandfather’s hands … Continue reading →

It comes in waves, doesn’t it? Our walk along the beach with God. Sometimes sandy, sometimes rocky, surging high tides that practically bowl us over. Everything about our faith practices – prayer, worship, working, observing Sabbath rest – is as … Continue reading →

“How deep the Father’s love for us,How vast beyond all measure,That He should give His only SonTo make a wretch His treasure.” These are the opening lines of a hymn published in 1995, written by Stuart Townend, entitled “How Deep … Continue reading →

Ok, confession time…when I was a teenager the “thing” to do was TP someone’s yard. This tossing of rolls of toilet paper up into the trees left a well-decorated yard and your boyfriend or girlfriend or buddy knew you had … Continue reading →

I’m thinking about descriptive expressions used often in relationship to our bodies, such as, the back of your hand, the tips of your fingers, the top of your head, the palm of your hand, but hmmmmm, it is called the … Continue reading →