The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
Making The Best Of Our Current Circumstances
I sit here early this morning in my office. It's my sanctuary of sorts, especially during this season. In the midst of these current circumstances: the pandemic, the derecho and its devastation, our country's divisiveness, and living in times unexperienced before....
I’m Tired Of This Pandemic, And Other Real Life Issues
Friend, can I be frank with you today? I find myself tired of this pandemic. This is where I am. I'm tired of wearing masks in public. I'm tired of the pandemic always lingering in the back of my mind. I am tired of the present underlying fear that resides in much of...
The Truth Of What Happens When We Get Bumped
What happens when you and I get bumped? What spills out? I had an experience this morning that explains exactly what happens. It was 6:43 a.m. Pick up time at the vet began at 6:45. I parked my car in the parking lot, got out, and made my way in line behind a man...
Hope For When You Feel Like You’re Losing Control
Am I the only one who feels like I'm losing control these days? Because this season has proven there isn't much I can control. I can't control the weather, otherwise I would have stopped the August Iowa derecho. I can't control this pandemic, otherwise it would have...
9 Promising Bible Verses For When Life Is Uncertain
Life can feel a bit uncertain these days. Right? Finding our way through this pandemic, facing the ugliness of the upcoming national election, digging out from devastating natural disasters, reading headlines that are filled with uncertainty, and wondering some days...
In These Uncertain Times Hold Onto What You Know
Without question I say these are uncertain times. We're living in the midst of a pandemic (remember how that word once scared us?). Do we wear masks or not? (That's a dissenting issue, itself.) We are just weeks away from a tension-filled, divisive national election....
