The first time I read Paul’s letter to Titus, I was struck with the message he wrote about older and younger women in chapter 2. He told Titus, “teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but…
Practice
It’s another 5 Minute Friday! 5 minutes to reflect on and write my thoughts on a word prompt. Today is PRACTICE. And, yes, I often go over the time limit. GO When I was a kid, I loved baseball. I loved going to the AAA ball field in the city…
Book Review: The Lighthouse Baby
It’s time for another book review! This book is the second of three books inLaura Thomas’ Christian romantic suspense series, Flight to Freedom. From the very first word of Laura Thomas’ new novel, The Lighthouse Baby, I was on edge. My heart was pumping fast, and I was immediately drawn…
Fruit of the Spirit: Choosing Gentleness
What can you learn from a 14-year-old boy whose 9th grade English teacher assigns a two-minute speech about social issues? When my son received an assignment where he had to choose a social issue and present it to the class along with a resolution, he knew exactly what he wanted…
The Missed Putt
“Nice shot.” That was the last phrase my dad would ever speak. He and my brother-in-law had taken advantage of a warm, sunny, Sunday afternoon after church to play a round of golf at dad’s favorite 9-hole golf course in the town where he resided. They walked up to the…
Fruit of the Spirit: Choosing Faithfulness
It’s week #7 of the Fruit of the Spirit series. Last week, as I was thinking about the story of Stephen in Acts chapters 6-7, the thought, “Stephen is a great example of faithfulness,” came to my mind. How perfect that “faithfulness” was the topic of my next blog post.…
Touch
It’s time for another 5 Minute Friday post! One of my favorite songs is called, The Touch of the Master’s Hand. It’s an older folk song, but I heard it redone when I was a teen. It’s a song about God, and how he is the one who makes us…
Book Review: The Governess of Penwythe Hall
What better way to start off spring than with a trip to Cornwall, England. The year is 1811. George, Prince of Whales, has been named Prince Regent, Jane Austen is putting the finishing touches on her novel, Sense and Sensibility, and life for the Twethewey family is about to change…
Fruit of the Spirit: Choosing Goodness
What is goodness? How do we define it, and how do we walk it out? There are many definitions for the word ‘good,’ and many ways that we use the word in everyday speech. “That was a good movie.” “Do you know of any good restaurants?” “Tommy was being very…
What’s So Good About Friday?
4 families, 1 day. And all they want to know is, “What’s so good about Friday?”