How to be a Refresher

How to be a Refresher

The word at the right time is like precious gold set in silver Proverbs 25:11 (CEV) Do you remember the last time you could have used some encouragement? When you felt depleted, weary, and knew that the presence of someone to look you in the eye and speak that timely...
Summertime Worship

Summertime Worship

(Photo: Sonoma Coast near Bodega Bay, CA) Let’s see. In the weeks since my last post, my husband and I have: been to Lithuania to oversee a wonderful multinational church while our pastor friends made a trip to the U.S. (check out my Facebook page for photos and...
Thoughts on Luxembourg This Memorial Day

Thoughts on Luxembourg This Memorial Day

It is springtime in 1974 and the team is traveling from our headquarters in Kaiserslautern, West Germany to minister in Belgium. We are part of a year-long pilot missions program, traveling to churches and American military bases around western Europe. This trip takes...
Thought for Mother’s Day: Hannah and Her Prayer

Thought for Mother’s Day: Hannah and Her Prayer

I Samuel 2 and Luke 1 Life began by waking up and loving my mother’s face.  George Eliot, writer Her story is familiar, a woman living at the end of the era of the judges, in a polygamous marriage. Allow me to note that, although polygamy was not expressly...