Fifteen college students gather in a horseshoe of desks. It’s our last meeting of the year. “What’s your favorite Christmas memory?” he asks. I look around at the others, waiting for someone to speak up. I’m shy because my story, if I can even think of one, will be lame. Seconds later, in my mind’s…
“Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack! The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. Come, O children, listen to…
“Long lay the world in sin and error pining when he appeared and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices, for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn. Fall on your knees! O hear the angel voices…” I squinted down the dark driveway, wondering what I was seeing. The form materialized…
My husband and I aren’t what anyone would call cooks, so our recent decision to make soups for ourselves was a proud moment. We’re up to taco, chicken and rice, potato, and vegetable beef. This is progress. I think our adult children wish we would have tried harder in the kitchen while they were growing…
“What if time grew on trees?” ~Hayley DiMarco, A Woman Overwhelmed When I read this question in a Bible study, I confess my thoughts drifted first to space on a full calendar and then to a cozy nook in our local library. Time growing on trees would mean I would be able to read all…
“Wait for the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD.” ~Psalm 24:17 The countdown questions usually begin as soon as I clear the plates after our Thanksgiving meal. “Mom, how many days until Christmas?” I remember well this uncontainable excitement. I was the same as a child at…