For five years the Chief and I lived in a rural and agricultural area of California. We lived in a small town of Kerman about 25 miles outside of Fresno. The town is surrounded by vineyards and almond orchards. Neither the Chief nor I knew much about how almonds were grown until we lived there … Read more
We are just about ready to finish up another year at Community Bible Study. The class I attend started out last August studying the book of Revelation. Through the years I have heard a lot of comments from people who say they are “too scared” to study Revelation. Or those that say “I can’t understand … Read more
Happy Friday! I took this picture last year when visiting family in California. When I read this scripture from Ephesians this morning I thought of the prickly cactus that can represent the hurtful things in our life like bitterness, anger and wrath. But the little yellow bloom reminds me the Apostle Paul tells us to … Read more
A couple of times in the past 18 months I have told you about Hephzibah House in NYC. In my blog post Giving Glory to God I wrote about our friends Catherine and Russ and their journey to becoming Directors of Hephzibah House. Last Thanksgiving my sous-chef dish washing mom, the Chief, and I traveled … Read more
I have a friend who was in the hospital the week before Easter. She and her husband always have the family gather at their house for holidays and she was telling me that this year she wasn’t going to be up to having a big Easter dinner. “I did ask my daughter to please try … Read more
Driving into town last week I read this sign in a local church yard. A half truth, a “little white lie”, a twist of truth … is still a whole lie. This has bounced around in my head all through the week, not to mention the many times I drove that road in to town … Read more