The boats are coming out of storage for the season and filling the marina. The underbrush in the woods is starting to turn green. Wildflowers are in bloom! Farmers are plowing their fields. Fruit trees are blossoming. And this park along Lake Michigan is open again—one of our favorite spots for a (chilly) picnic lunch. All in all, these … [Read more...]
A Grand New Adventure . . .
It all started nine months ago . . . Well, eight, to be technical. We got a package in the mail from one of our married couples, then video-called them while we opened it (per the instructions) and discovered our first grandchild would arrive in April of the following year! April seemed so very, very far away. By the beginning of last month, we were all anxious, every twinge and drop … [Read more...]
Even When
Hi friends, So happy to be back with you this week. Today I’m continuing my series on The Power of Christian Fiction. You can read the previous posts here: The Power of Christian FictionHow Christian Fiction Mirrors the Hope God Gives Us Today’s focus is on how God never stops loving us even when we turn our back on Him or when we think our way is better. His plans for us are always … [Read more...]
A Truly GOOD Friday
Nowadays, for most people Good Friday is just another day. Fewer and fewer people recognize it. Sometimes I even wonder if the holiness and gravity of it is becoming a thing of the past. And if so, that really saddens me. When I was growing up, Good Friday was a very special day. Schools were cancelled. Businesses closed early. And everyone went to Good Friday services. I was always … [Read more...]
My Holy Week Focus: Sifting
Every Christmas and Easter I look for a small moment of focus within the familiar stories. It helps me enter more fully into the holiness of these celebrations of Jesus in both his God-ness and his humanness. This year, I was reading a plan on the Bible app when Luke 22:31-33 grabbed me in a new way: Jesus says, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; … [Read more...]
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