Spring Flowers
It's time for Spring flowers! For me (in Kentucky) that happens close to Kentucky Derby Day, the first weekend in May. I love to plant pinks, purples, and white flowers…
Chewing the Cud
On this first day of May, I'm thinking of a happy scene. In my imaginary picture, a few brown cows munch on grass and chew their cuds. A black fence…
Last Things: Jesus’ Last Offer of Salvation
We have considered "last things" in the last two blogs—Jesus' last prayers with his disciples and his last healing in the Garden of Gethsemane, even while enduring the agony of…
Last Things: Jesus’ Last Healing
As we continue to look at "last things" Jesus did, let's move across the Kidron Valley and into the garden area where Jesus and the disciples often visited. In the…
Last Things: Jesus’ Last Prayers
While Jesus did many things in those last days before his crucifixion, our next three blogs will consider three important actions of Jesus. Jesus sat at…
Lent: a Time of Remembering
Lent has begun, a time for looking down the path toward Easter. We think of the path to the cross, the tomb, and the resurrection of Christ. In the next…
Temper Tantrums
You've seen it before. A child gets mad because he didn't get his way. Or she got angry with her friend and soon it turned into a temper tantrum. Maybe…
Outstretched Arm
While reading my morning devotional, a prayer from Jeremiah 32:17 was given - "Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched…
Best Laid Plans of Mice and Women
"The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry" is a famous line from a poem by Robert Burns. In the poem, the mouses's house gets plowed over…
Snowed In!
I shared in my last post that I felt the Lord leading me to a new endeavor—engaging my neighbors to be better acquainted and perhaps that might lead…
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