Every Good Gift
On a recent walk, a small moving shadow caught my attention. Suddenly a leaf fell from the sky and landed on the shadow. It was a simple event, but it was like nothing I had seen before. I don’t know…
Category God’s Love for You
Here alone is human dignity not a dream, but an accomplishment. – Herbert Hoover
America is a wonderful country. This has not been the easiest year to remember that, but it is true. Yesterday, while doing research on Herbert Hoover, I went to the website of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. The…
Hopes, Fears, and Living
During the Civil War, Phillips Brooks served as an Episcopal priest in Philadelphia. After the war, he spent a year traveling in Europe and the Holy Land. Brooks wrote a letter home about what he did on December 24, 1865.…
Water Pours and So Do Our Hearts
Yesterday Ray and I were able to squeeze in a walk in the middle of the day in between the showers. On some days it’s hard to be thankful for rain. Rain isn’t the only one of God’s blessings that…
What God Provides
The operating system on my computer shows a variety of pretty photographs when I wake it up each morning. Often there is a message with the picture. Yesterday the message was: “Nature provides us with some stunning color combos .…
The Most Thankful One
On the day before Thanksgiving, some of our grandchildren went through my stash of Thanksgiving decorations and decorated our house. Then, the nine-year-old wanted to use my phone to take pictures. I love the dozens of pictures she took. She…