Encourage you, incourage me
{It’s beginning to look a lot like… <span style="font-size: 14px;" Thanksgiving!}
Have you ever thought about how much more time is spent preparing a Thanksgiving spread and cleaning up afterward, than sitting at the table and eating it? What if I offered you a remedy of amazing proportion to hold your family and friends around the table just a...
An urgent, urgent prayer request from Kay Arthur
I received this prayer request via an email from my former Precept Bible study leader this morning, forwarded from Kay with this post's title in the subject line: Shirley Dobson will be giving a deposition tomorrow (TUESDAY, 11-10-09) from 8:30-4:30 PM. ...
The power of “one” ~ a priceless blogging paycheck
When I submitted a recent post for (in)courage, in spite of so desperately wanting to “get it right”, I felt like I blew it. Some posts and pieces I write with ease–they almost write themselves–but sometimes I labor with diligence only...
I wish every teenage girl in America would see, hear & believe this…
There can never be a more beautiful y o u … I've always loved the message of Barlow Girl. Yes, I like their musicality, passion and conviction, but the underlying message of their lyrics is one I'm glad my children are exposed to (both my...
Compassion Bloggers are headed to
El Salvador next week…
Please pray for this group, follow their stories, and if you’re interested in changing the world…sponsor a child...
It IS better to give!
I LOVE making someone else's day!! Over at my sometimes forgotten award-winning review blog, , I get to give away a $150 spa gift card compliments of Pepperidge Farm. Gosh, I hope you win…but that can only happen if you if you had a day to...
A perfect illustration
Who would've suspected shrimp cocktail can reveal personality? Meet my husband, left-brained engineer: Neat Orderly Precise Linear Calculated Meet me, right-brained writer: Messy Cluttered Unconfined Careless Unbound by convention He bit the...
Oh what a tangled…
This morning I was entangled by silvery threads beaded in dew. Spun and woven and snowflake-unique, patterned and random and each a gossamer masterpiece. Delicate garland adorning iron tree, beauty softening hardened beast. Life-sustaining for one, life-taking for...
Old dogs, new tricks & mighty revelation
, Randy Phillips, and –do you recognize those names? I wouldn't have until I put their last names together and in the right order: . Now do you recognize them? If you've been even a casual listener of contemporary Christian music...