I’ve never been really hip on New Year’s resolutions. I don’t have the staying power to make them, much less keep them past January 14th or so. I’m a huge “excuse maker” even though, at the time, I don’t like to put it that way. They’re not excuses, just real bonafide reasons. Reasons why I can’t exercise (too cold, too… Read More
It’s a good thing January 1st with all its newness and resolve is close at hand. I’m going to need that kind of impetus to drag me out of this slumbering lull I have fallen into since the beginning of Christmas break. Because my kids are home and my husband has even taken off a couple of weeks from work,… Read More
This morning James and I had the privilege of visiting with two different women who are walking through very difficult times. Both are godly women who are facing scary and uncertain physical problems. One friend is a bit older than us and just said goodbye to both of her parents this year. Her mother had suffered from Alzheimer’s for several… Read More
Dominion – that’s the name of the game my husband and son brought home yesterday and consumed the rest of our day. It’s one of those strategy oriented, European looking games you can only get at specialty game shops or on the Internet or such. It requires a lot of set up and has a book full of instructions. Not… Read More
I had every intention of posting early this Christmas morning, but alas the celebration of the day kept me from it. Not a bad excuse I believe. When I have had a few moments today, on this glorious Christmas day, to reflect on what I might write on this our last day of our journey, I’ve thought about why we’ve… Read More
Can you believe we are almost there? Almost to Bethlehem where that little baby would quietly slip into the world that He created, clothed in flesh and humanity, bringing peace and light into a world of chaos and darkness. As we’ve journeyed toward Christmas for the past 14 days we’ve traveled all the way from Genesis to the gospels, trying… Read More