My pastor says that both his mother and mother-in-law, in their late 80’s have said that having a long life is not such a blessing. Living alone and missing their deceased husbands, they are ready to meet the Lord. Yet, with the availability of modern medicine, something so basic such as hydration with an IV […]
Spoiler alert! Read another Hamish Macbeth mystery – a mindless diversion. The build up in these books are always good, but the resolution is disappointing. The murderer killed 3 people leaving no trail and for months the police had no leads. Then all of a sudden, she stabs someone in the lobby of a hotel […]
Read this on Family Life that I think is insightful: As Easter approaches, don’t you often wonder why Christmas gets all the good press, while Easter is treated more like a very distant second cousin? After all, it’s a commemoration of the greatest news ever proclaimed in history: Christ is alive and we are forgiven! […]
For the past couple of years, I’ve observed something like Lent during the Lent season – 40 days before the passion week of Christ. The idea is to prepare your heart to truly celebrate what Jesus did for us at Easter. By committing yourself to abstain from something or to do something positive, something that […]
Thanks for the guest post by Jo Levy What would we do without the internet? It just amazes me the way you can get information these days. By the click of a button you can look at anything in the world. You can find out the answer to any question that you could possibly think […]
I saw this book at the library with one of Thomas Kindade’s pictures on the cover with Thomas Kinkade as the author. Kinkade writes too? I found out he can’t. I’m sorry, but I quit a third of the way into the book because it was so boring. I know it’s suppose to be a […]
Lately I’ve been hearing of hospitalizations and health problems of elderly parents. Just today a friend’s mother passed away. Another friend’s mother is in a coma. When I hear such news, I get tired. Tired of the burdens of life, tired of the difficulties. And I have not even experienced even half of what some […]