I pondered the words of the old familiar hymn and repeated them over in my head but couldn't get past the first line: Amazing grace how sweet the sound. I know that song ten ways from Sunday but the idea that grace had a sound was striking to me. What does grace sound like? If it's sweet… Continue reading What Grace Sounds Like
It took a good ten minutes of wandering through the weeds and brushing blades of brown grass off grave markers sunk down deep in the dirt to uncover her name again: Zantippie Dunlavey. Long ago, my six year old cousin led me through our church cemetery, past the iron fence, over near the tree line to proudly proclaim this grave… Continue reading How to Find our Way Back to Worship
I'm enjoying the last of the 'nice' weather on the porch swing. However, I was informed that my version of nice weather- low 80s and no humidity was not quite the same as the boy's which includes sunny, 90 degrees and lots of humidity- in other words, perfect pool weather. But I'll forgive him. And… Continue reading Waiting on God to Overflow
I still remember the mugginess of the house during simmering summer months, the small electric organ in the living room I desperately desired to play, the cool checkered linoleum basement floor hosting heavy red velvet upholstered furniture and bookshelves full of Nancy Drew mysteries. But our favorite place as kids was the kitchen. There were renegade pots with missing lids, plastic bowls… Continue reading A Recipe We All Can Follow
Almost 10 years ago, actually the day I closed on my house, a "wind event" blew through and twisted a tree top off taking with it the chimney and some gutters on the back. Our home is just a modest one story ranch but the yard slopes so much in the rear we can stand up in… Continue reading Going Out On a Limb for Joy
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