Just as we were thinking about making supper, headlights slowed, then pulled in our driveway. We thought it was our neighbor to the east who sometimes stops to chat with Bruce,…
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Orion is slinging his leg over the horizon about the time I step out to walk the dogs. He is huge, leaning next to the horizon. Last spring, he left…
I felt washed out this week, even though the air has been prancing and snorting and throwing down rain, full of joy. The storm started with dense fog that softened…
“He will never come to his house again; his place will know him no more,” (Job 7:10 NIV) Bruce said when I remarked at how sad auctions are. “I remember…
Have you noticed how some people can’t even post an opinion on Facebook without calling names? How we’ve stopped listening to the other viewpoint, let alone the story behind it?…
“Then the trees of the forest will sing, they will sing for joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth.” I read this as part of my…
“Blessed be the Lord for he has shown me the wonders of his love in a besieged city.” Psalm 31:21. A besieged city: Chicago where a warning went out not…
“They’ll be all right,” I thought, since my chickens were roosting on the half wall by my pony, Tessie. “They’re in the barn. They’ll be safe.” I switched off the…
“Weep with those who weep,” tells us to be empathetic to those who are grieving. But there’s another side we don’t think about: “Rejoice with those who rejoice.” That too…
Remember the book report, that standard assignment we wrote in school? Well, this task has followed me to one of my greatest pleasures—reading, and I’m not even in school. I…