Walking across Omaha Beach was so different from walking across our beaches. On June 5th and 6th, 2017, we visited The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer. The night of June 5th, storms came through, just like they did the night 73 years earlier before Operation Overlord was launched. The thunder and lightening that night were haunting, as if … Continue reading →
The last week, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to spend time in Holland, Michigan. During their Tulip Time Festival, their downtown and Centennial Park (and other delightful areas) are landscaped with tulips. “It got hot here,” The Tulip Man said. “When it gets hot, the petals just fall off.” Hot, to a Holland Michigan Tulip Man is anything … Continue reading →
If you are saying someone is toxic, what you are really sayingis that you are not yet spiritually mature enoughto walk into that mission field. . . . I’m just going to let that sit there this week. . . think about it. . . discussion coming next week. “For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for … Continue reading →
The bumps and bruises,it’s not them that destroythe five minutes, the hourthe daily, the life. The swelling, the sorenessof a baseball pitch catchingand batter’s eye,or someone you thoughtwas a team-mate injuringyour heart No, it’s not the bumps and bruisesthat destroy the joy, assurance,the calm in the placementof ourselves in our family, our friendships,our teams, and relationships.It is lack. Lack, not … Continue reading →
The Father and son sat on the edge of the garden’s wall, looking down over the seven hills of their Kingdom. Their home was so high, they had to walk down to the garden which sat just beneath the clouds. The garden wall was a favorite place for both of them. They sat there, both remembering the building of that … Continue reading →
Soon – my son’s fiance graduates from nursing school. How soon? Probably by the time you read this. Their wedding is soon – as soon as the leaves turn their fall flaming and butter colors. Soon, I celebrate my 40th wedding anniversary – but that’s an inbetween soon. There’s happy soons, agitated soons, sad soons, celebration soons, grieving soons, respite … Continue reading →
“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” ~ 2 Corinthians 3:18 Riddle: Can you tell me the difference between the stories in the books in the photos throughout this post? A friend and I over a … Continue reading →
Have you ever said, “I sure love you,” to your teenager only to be left verbally sliced and diced due to some hormonal language translation misconnection that screamed in glaring neon pulsating lights, “Insult. . . Insult. . . Insult. . . How dare you talk to me like that,” or a telepathic, silent, “Sure, whatever.” When my nest was … Continue reading →
I first wrote this on an After-Resurrection Sunday Monday Morning in a Covid-19 Isolation lifestyle in 2020. I revised it last year on another After-Resurrection Sunday Monday Morning when I was struggling with sciatica pain before my son’s wedding. Both times, I needed the encouragement of that call to meet Jesus in Galilee –Hope in such goodness planned by a … Continue reading →
I cannot wrap my brain around what it must have been like to walk with Jesus, to hear him speak – to be made whole in miraculous ways. To know the physical, tangible, realness of calling out, loud above the noise of the crowd in such a way that you could see the effects of that shouting, that calling out … Continue reading →
