There was a work bee this morning, out at the barn where my boys and I ride. The place was literally "buzzing" as chain saws cut fence posts to length, skill saws sliced through boards for new stall doors, hammers pounded 4 inch nails into jump standards, and the...
It has been a few years now since I have worked at a local delicatessen and restaurant. I remember my very first day starting at the deli, and coming from a banking background, I found it to be very, very different. My boss, a woman, was very patient with me and...
Acts 4 :24 "They lifted their voices together with one united mind to God."The red ants around our yard and pool this summer have been out of control! Each time I apply ant poison to a mound- it dissipates, but a new one crops up nearby. Today I had a first hand view...
When one voice cries out in the dark of night;When one voice speaks loud enough, it can set things right.When one voice is preaching God’s holy word;And one voice is teaching all that they have heard. Then that one voice is enough to do God’s holy will;By preaching,...
There are few things in this life more difficult to experience than the loss of one's child. Jim Wallis, in WHO SPEAKS FOR GOD tells about a sad and terrifying incident that occurred during the tragic war in Sarajevo not too many years back. A reporter who was...
Isaiah 61:1a,3a - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the Lord has anointed Me ... to console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. (NKJV)This past June, I was...
And He knew their thoughts, and said unto them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand." Matthew 12:25On June 16, 1858, in Springfield, Illinois, Lincoln gave his "house divided"...