It’s a periodic event for churches across the land ~ the scheduling of a photo session for pictorial directories. A few years back the church I attend scheduled a photographer for just such an undertaking and my husband and I participated. Photos are usually dreaded by most people because, if we’re honest, they wound our […]
Read MoreWhen Time Stops
As is true in most communities across the nation, our town was built around crossroads connecting north and south with east and west. Certainly the landscape has changed from its early founding, as historic pictures reveal. Days of dirt roads, horse-drawn wagons and simple stores where folks came for goods to supplement their agricultural […]
Read MoreLeashed to the Master
Walks are among his favorite things. Posing the question and rattling the keys is all it takes to get an energetic and enthusiastic response from my little dog. He’ll beat me to the door, the gate and the car in anticipation of what is to come, eagerly watching out the window for his first glimpse […]
Read MoreSeeing the Cross
The whisper of God can come to us in unexpected moments of ordinary living. That still, small voice that touches the soul with His inaudible breath. I never cease to be amazed by those times. I had been a buyer for a gift shop and occasionally brought home catalogs to review them in the evening […]
Read MoreThe Cup
The painting captivated me the moment I laid eyes on it that spring day over forty years ago. It was the central focus in the window of a small art gallery; a testimony without words ~ quiet, powerful and passionate. It was scripture on canvass; Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. There was something about […]
Read MoreLonging to Be Heard
Every step was an effort, every attempt to grasp the smallest object a struggle and every desire to form words a desperate cry. The simplest movements and conversation of the able-bodied are monumental tasks for those born with cerebral palsy. One such person graced my path some time ago and I will never forget him. […]
Read MoreGood Cheer
If you were permitted to write the script of your life, how would your story read? Would it be filled with romance and adventure? Would you seek to be a person of fame, wealth and influence or choose a quiet, simple life? Whatever your vision, most likely your days would be marked by prosperity and […]
Read MoreAn Eternal House
To say that it was once a grand old house would be an understatement. I came across it on a country road and was so drawn to its stately architecture that I turned around and pulled into the barely visible gravel drive. Parking the car, I stepped out to take it all in. Standing knee-deep in […]
Read MoreImitations
To the cat, it appeared to be the real thing. Standing quietly in all its appetizing glory; downy feathers and plump body, the chick was there for the taking. Now, knowing the nature of cats, I reconstructed the moment by the evidence in front of me. I envisioned him crouching, ears lowered, tail twitching, positioning […]
Read MoreThe Way Out
Several years ago my late husband and I were on a business trip in Orlando and, at its conclusion, we took a day to visit Disney World. As we made our way through one of the parks, an attraction beckoned us in. The building loomed large and mysterious ~ inviting visitors into story and adventure. […]
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