photo by Kim Andrist Beautiful morning. Gentle, pink edged sky, Foggy presence lingering, Birds chirping—calling, A lone goose flying—calling out Like an emergency vehicle warning Oncoming traffic. Everything saturated with the morning mist, The smell of burning wood, And a puppy who just wanted to be Outside. …
I’m Afraid of Rainbow Blobs!: What’s Your Fear?
He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. His heart is secure, he will have no fear. (Psalm 112:7,8).A few years ago it seemed that every day I saw a piece of a rainbow. Not a whole rainbow, or half a rainbow, but an inch of one. I’m sure there is …
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God is Good…Do you need to know this today?
Led by a tug on my spirit, I write. Maybe one person needs this: She was funny and spunky, an elementary teacher for over twenty years. At age fifty she still had a lot to give to her new grandbaby, her fourth graders, and her community. But cancer had struck a second time, and the diagnosis was grim. …
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Is it a Buried Dream or a Planted Seed?
As my husband and I watched “The Odd Life of Timothy Green” I could feel grief threaten my calm disposition as the actors on the screen so aptly portrayed the pain of a couple who can’t conceive. My heart broke as they wrote down all of the characteristics they dreamed for their child, put the dreams in a small cedar …
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"Leave Her Alone!"
Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived at Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him. Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and …
