Are you one who likes to have a “Word of the year?”  Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t.  Mostly because several years ago I tried hard to...

It’s the first day of Lent. Ash Wednesday. For Christians, Lent is the 40 days before Easter Sunday. It was originally designed to be an...

Is there something in the future of your life you sometimes wonder?  And even worry a little bit – hey we’re human and I know Jesus tells...

“Friends, when life gets really difficult, don’t jump to the conclusion that God isn’t on the job. Instead, be glad that you are in the...

My name is Virginia Elizabeth and most know me as Beth. We named our daughter Elizabeth and call her Libby. My grandmother’s name was...

“All the earth will shout your praise!  Our hearts cry out, these bones will sing, ‘Great are You, Lord!’” The morning after hosting...

I’m still trying to process the experience I had last week. I’m trying to think of the best words to put on this paper, the most amazing...

We saw the city skyline in the distance along with some pretty dark clouds coming right over it too.  But we were in St. Louis, Missouri,...

To be or not to be, that is the question. Quick: What’s the book and who’s the author? Hamlet by William Shakespeare. I remember reading...

Talking politics with others is not my cup of tea.  I don’t watch CNN or read the daily paper.  But there’s some things going on out...

The past couple of years I’ve chosen a word and verse to focus on that year.  I remember this past December when I was fighting a yucky...

Yesterday we read about a farmer and his visitor.  This visitor told this farmer to go and do mighty work for his people.  The Visitor...

I don’t usually post on Fridays but in light of yesterday being September 11th, I read this letter I received yesterday that I just had...