My husband gently shook my arm, and I opened my sleepy eyes. It took a minute to focus and process what I saw outside the car window. If I didn’t know better, I would have thought I was still dreaming. It looked as if we had been transported back in time and across the ocean….
In Exodus, after God brings the Israelites out of Egypt and they arrive at Mount Sinai, He gives them the Ten Commandments. Following those commands, God provides instructions on building the tabernacle. In Exodus 25, He starts with building the ark of the covenant followed by the building of the table. There is no mistaking…
“The hands of a king are the hands of a healer.” ~J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings In the beautiful ending to Tolkien’s epic tale of Middle Earth, the king, Aragorn, returned after a long exile to claim his throne and rule a broken people. His right to the kingship is clear,…
From the time they were little more than infants, both of my daughters adopted security blankets which went with them everywhere, from bed to the grocery store to Chick-fil-A. My oldest girl’s attempts to say “blankie” came out more like “blank-on-nee,” which eventually evolved into “Connie,” thereby ensuring that in our home, all blankets would…
My brain can be tricky. There are a few things I know how to do that my brain won’t let me do on the first try. I call these ninja mind tricks. I have to slow down and think through them. I consistently misspell the words friends and tomorrow unless I slow my thinking. I…
On summer evenings, we love to have friends over for dinner in the backyard. While the kids roast marshmallows and play basketball, we linger under the string lights at the outdoor table long after the meal is over. It’s actually as idyllic as it sounds, at least until someone gets stabbed with a marshmallow stick….