by debracelovsky | Jun 8, 2020 | Family Life, Prayer, Word
It takes all sorts to make a world; or a church. This may be even truer of a church. If grace perfects nature it must expand all our natures into the full richness of the diversity which God intended when He made them, and Heaven will display far more variety than...
by debracelovsky | May 10, 2020 | Family Life, Moms
8 year old: Can we order pizza?Mom: Not tonight, son. Your dad went hunting for groceries this morning and we’re going to microwave burritos just like the pioneers did. Dear Moms: Just want to say that you will never have a more important job in your life than...
by debracelovsky | May 4, 2020 | Family Life, Random Thinkings
I used to want to fix people. Now I just want to be with them. Bob Goff There are, I’ve discovered, some benefits in a season of isolation. The first is crystal clear hindsight. I look back at life before Stay home, people! and it appears productive,...
by debracelovsky | Apr 27, 2020 | Family Life, Into the Vineyard
Vines, perhaps like some great artists, need to suffer to make good grapes.Anne Bousquet, Domaine Bousquet, Argentina The northwestern end of the Dry Creek Valley, where I work here in Sonoma County, ascends the Coast Range to elevations of almost 3,000 feet. If...
by debracelovsky | Apr 22, 2020 | Family Life, Prayer
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once. ...
by debracelovsky | Mar 16, 2020 | Family Life, Lent/Easter, Prayer, Word
When I was in my teens, a newly-minted driver, my sister and I stopped at Fosters Freeze one blazing hot afternoon for the largest possible chocolate swirl ice cream cones. It was the middle of a typically sweltering summer in Redding, CA and there we were sailing...
