Do You See What I See?
Before you ask, “Yes, I know it’s no longer the Christmas season, and I’m not still humming Christmas melodies.” I simply thought it was a catchy title for my musings…
WHERE YOU PUT THE "I" MATTERS!
Bill and I really enjoy eating breakfast out, and when we lived in the city, we frequented the Magnolia Pancake House. I think it was just dandy of them to…
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS! YOUR LAST CHRISTMAS?
Advent is about waiting, and waiting comes with so much anticipation. But Christmas is that time when God rewards our waiting and our anticipation with THE VERY BEST GIFT—HIMSELF! He…
The Sacred and Profane
Christmas is here again, and I’m so enjoying it. Getting out my time-worn, favorite decorations, setting the table with Christmas dishes, and the greenery on the mantle all have great…
WHAT ARE YOU GETTING JESUS FOR HIS BIRTHDAY?
When we’re children, we get some interesting notions as we’re learning how to live in this world. Sometimes, those notions stick with us even as we become adults. I had…
Heaven? A Never-ending November
We’ve barely heard the last Fourth of July firecracker before the stores are putting out plastic pumpkins and Halloween costumes and lining the aisles with Christmas tinsel and silk greenery.…
STEPS AND STORIES
Since moving to the Texas Hill Country, only two things keep me from seeing the sunrise – I’m either not at home, or there is a cloud curtain of gray…
TO EVERYTHING, THERE IS A SEASON . . .
In my last blog, I wrote about September and the anticipation of autumn it brings. Today, I write about what comes with October—not just any October, but this October. You…
ANOTHER TRIP AROUND THE SUN
It’s the last day of September. Can it be? I haven’t even bought the Tootsie Rolls for Halloween, and Christmas decorations are on store shelves. But I LOVE September –it just…
Perspective
SEPTEMBER PERSPECTIVE Can it really be September? I mean, really? July and the Dog Days of August are history, but it seems no one told my thermometer or the meteorologists…