Kay Harms

50 Golden Places I’ve Been

It’s getting really close! My 50th birthday, that is. I’ll spare you the date, but it’s a week from this Sunday 🙂 So from here to then I think I’ll keep the blog posts a little more uplifting and light than they’ve been recently. I’ve been posting a series about getting through your personal struggles, but I think it’s time… Read More

When the Going Gets Tough…the Tough Get Practical

Don’t let that title fool you. When it comes to getting to the other side of a difficult personal struggle, the real issues are always spiritual. God is at work amidst the mayhem and pain and disorder and change. And complete and uninhibited cooperation with Him is the only way to get through. This post is part of a series… Read More

You’ve Tried Everything…Now Try “Nevertheless”

Good day, friends. I truly hope it is a good day for you. We’ve been talking here in recent days about handling our personal struggles, those battles and tough situations we all have to face pretty much on our own. They are “assigned to us” and, while we may find solace and even wisdom from others in the midst of… Read More

Maybe I Need a Cone Collar

Sunday afternoon, when my dog-loving daughter Abby was home, we discovered that our smallest and most emotionally insecure dog, Benji, had a large, gaping, puss oozing wound on one of his hind legs. Abby freaked out. That’s Benji there in the front, fresh from the groomer’s last Thursday. Tommy rarely lets him out of his sight. And of course that… Read More

What To Grab in an Earthquake

I’ve experienced ground-shaking sadness and frustration in recent months. Some of it, yes, was due to my own vain imaginations, anxieties, and insecurities. But sometimes the ground on which I had so solidly stood before shook beneath me with startling fury because somebody or something completely moved everything that had once stood firm. I’ve had a jolt or two. Solid… Read More

You Will Get Through This

Just today I heard of another suicide attempt by a hopeless woman. Last Sunday, one of our college students reported during prayer time that a young person she had gone to school with killed himself. We hear about situations like these and we think they seem far off, other worldly. Other people get so desperate that they take their lives,… Read More