The Glory and The Splendor / 1 Chronicles 29:11

On a recent trip to Tuscaloosa, Alabama this site caught my husband’s attention as we passed over the dam on Tuscaloosa Lake.  He said, “did you see that?”  As usual, I bobbed my head up from whatever I was reading and missed the view.  As is typical with my very considerate husband, later that day … Read more

Bake Through the Bible – Book Blog Tour / Proverbs 22:6

From time to time I like to take part in book reviews through Cross Focused Reviews.  Bake through the Bible is a cookbook that combines 20 Bible stories with 20 fun recipes just waiting to be shared with children of all ages. The book features recipes for Sparkly Promise Cookies that help children to remember God’s … Read more

Coming Home / Psalm 104:1-35

Is this the view from your living room window?  Nah, it isn’t mine either.  But it is the view from atop Mount Roberts, Juneau, Alaska.  Mount Roberts or Roberts Peak is a 3,819 foot mountain just east of downtown Juneau, Alaska.  Mount Roberts is noted for its accessibility from downtown Juneau and for the Mount … Read more

Summer Roses Fad Into Fall

Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. This little bouquet is the end of summer’s bounty in my flower garden. I enjoyed them for several days and I hope you enjoy these pictures now. Have a blessed Sunday, Catherine

Patience To Bloom

Three summers ago my friend Nancy gave me a little slip of a hibiscus syriacus, also known as a Rose of Sharon.  The Rose of Sharon is known as a hardy shrub.  I had visions of this little slip growing tall and bearing oodles of large trumpet-shaped flowers with prominent yellow-tipped white stamens. The first … Read more