November 22, 2024 The Good Fight “Fight the good fight of faith…”(1 Timothy 6:12, NIV). I never would have guessed that in my middle years, I would learn to fight…
November 8, 2024 Press On! “Slow and steady wins the race” (Aesop). Timid one, you fell again. Dust off your pride. Stand back up! Onward we go, though the…
November 1, 2024 Better Plans “The best-laid schemes of Mice and Men Go oft awry” (Robert Burns, interpreted by Michael Burch). Dear Self, I know you love your planner….
October 30, 2024 Halloween Harkenings Hark! It’s Halloween! Ah! The cool breezes of Autumn have finally arrived. I breath in deep as my puppy, Daisy, and I take our…
October 25, 2024 Lose the Weighty Yoke “Just relax!” My friend, Bill tells me in karate. I look at him, perplexed. This idea still doesn’t make sense even after eight years…
October 18, 2024 Deliberating on Decisions I have decided to follow Jesus… “Don’t worry. If I’m supposed to become a Christian, God will help me to know,” I answered my…
September 27, 2024 Advantage (keep in step with the Spirit) “If you have any encouragement from being united in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any…
July 24, 2024 All the Way All the way my Savior leads me- What have I to ask beside? Can I doubt His tender mercy, Who through life has been…
June 26, 2024 Daringly Different ( Or… 10 reasons you might NOT want to homeschool your kids: ) As a homeschool mama and evaluator, I’m sometimes asked whether homeschooling…