Garden Times

Quiet time reflecting in a garden does a soul wonders. Time as we understand it began in a garden. Without the noise of any news, sitting alone in the midst of living, honest, unadulterated growth gives us a safe space to contemplate where we came from, and where we are going. Then God said, “Let…

An Appetite for Truth

People do not always have 2020 vision as they look into the future. The media has spun the truth into what they think will sell their ideas. Now more than ever people are hungry for the TRUTH, they are parched in soul and dry in spirit as they are shaken by the pervasive hatred and…

Exodus

The book of Exodus is the national history of the Hebrew people. God’s redemption plan included His Way of salvation for all the nations of the world. His plan has been in place before the foundations of the world. “For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in…

Dame Margaret

Dame Margaret Rutherford was once asked what does success mean? “It is certainly not furs or fancy cars, which I have neither. To me it is gathering hearts and lifting them up.” As a black and white film fan, I marvel at how this woman worked hard to overcome such a dark childhood. Unlike today,…

A Treasure in Mexico

Neill James is one of the legendary women of Mexico. She was the woman who donated her home and land which now is the campus of the Lake Chapala Society (LCS). 70 years later LCS is the hostess of many cultural events. Expats from around the globe gather to exchange stories, beliefs and ideas. One…

Micah

Micah’s voice was heard 800 years before Jesus. He was the last member of a quartet of writing prophets that God used to warn His people. The other voices who thundered in this powerful quartet were Isaiah, Hosea and Amos. Micah was a preacher who lived just 20 miles south of Jerusalem in the village…

Jeremiah

Within a short 3 mile walk from the Holy City, God called a sensitive boy named Jeremiah from the village of Anathoth. This youth was given the overwhelming responsibility of speaking as God’s prophet. Because his father was a priest, Jeremiah no doubt was familiar with Scripture. He was molded by the influence of his…

Fun Family Reunions

I’m so excited about aging with grace as I turn 67! Cruising the Pacific we rocked the waves as we met up with friends and family. My 2018 birthday was divine as we enjoyed touring several ports with my best friend, my travel buddy, my prayer partner, my adoring husband Michael. We may be able…

Tyndale

William Tyndale born in 1494 and brutally executed in 1536 for being a heretic. Tyndale was an English scholar who became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation in the years leading up to his execution. He is well known for his translation of the Bible into English. Tyndale was distressed that the church of…

Divided we fall

President Trump is a human who was thrown into a major criminal mess. He regularly tweets that a spade is a spade and the spades don’t like it. (To “call a spade a spade” is a figurative expression which refers to calling something “as it is”, that is, by its right or proper name, without…