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add a lift to your step
Easter Message
"Easter morning! If God told me to choose between preaching and breathing today, I'd suffocate." I read the above on tweet from Max Lucado (one of my favorite authors and preachers) on Twitter on the way to church this morning. (No, I wasn't driving...Bill was.) His...
A "Do-Over?"
Time to be real...As I close out my day today, resting my head on my pillow, I'm reflecting on this day. I failed miserably. I was unloving to Bill at times. I was impatient when I should have been patient. I was critical when I should have shown compassion. I was...
Preparing for Easter
The last two days I have been working from home, in front of my computer at my dining room table. I have been preparing the Easter message for our Worship Service at Mission of Hope on Sunday morning. I have emersed myself in God's Word. It took me both days to...
A Glorious Sunrise
From our home we get the benefit of being able to see the sunrise and the sunset each day. When I walked out into our kitchen this morning, I was met with such beautiful colors out our kitchen window. I had to try to capture it on film. A half-hour later, this was the...
Ali’s Last Show Choir Performance
Ali had her last show choir performance last Friday evening at school. (We found out yesterday that they won't be competing in Nationals after all...very disappointing.) Anyway, Friday night we didn't know it was going to be her absolute last time of performing. Maybe...
Reliving Marching Band 1987
This past Saturday I saw on my facebook page that I was "tagged" in some pictures by a friend of mine, Jennifer. (I used to babysit Jennifer when she was in elementary school. We've been able to stay in touch over the years, and a big part of that has been through...
