What a stunning reversal in normal summer weather patterns took place in late June, 2021! Rather than shivering and trying to keep dry on a typical camping trip, everyone in the USA Pacific Northwest was desperately trying to cope with the record-shattering 116°F...
(Jesus said) "The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice." (John 10:3b-4 ESV)I heard this story from a friend of mine who...
“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.” (Ps. 37:7 NIV)I loved my father very, much. I was not, however, always happy with him, and every once in a while, I must...
"In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps." (Proverbs 16:9 NIV)"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." (John 15:5 NIV)While sitting and...
"The LORD is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters." (Psalms 23:1-2 ESV)Like a loving Shepherd, God provided a beautiful garden as a home for Adam and Eve, His newly created little flock. The Creator...
This story takes me back about 35 years, to the my first days at the American university I attended after graduating from a college in France. I knew I wanted to teach, and one of the classes I needed to take that first semester in teacher’s college was a class on...
I had just arrived in the United States where I was registered in a teaching program at an American University. English was actually my third, or maybe even my fourth, language, and I would be taking the same classes as native English speakers.That was nerve-wracking...