He loved me ere I knew him . What an odd sentence. Over the last week, I’ve talked with people about the music we sing at church....

You've Got to be Kidding Several months ago, I went to the doctor’s office for my annual checkup. The first words they spoke to me that...

August 2024 newsletter

Today is a day I will always remember. I’ve been married to Ernest for forty-two years. We attended a memorial service for one of his...

"Your Family Name" by Nelle A. Williams You got it from your father It was all he had to give So it's yours to use and cherish For as...

Does life seem to run in fast, then slow seasons for you? While I definitely have more fast seasons than slow, I also have seasons of...

“We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.” (Genesis 37:32b NIV) Joseph’s brothers placed a bloody robe in their...

New year choices, health, scripture application. How to put it all together.

The 2022 hurricane season is underway. As hurricane Ian threatened the coast of Florida, I sat in the hospital with my sick husband...

My grandson gained a new baby brother a few days before we took this picture in the park. He felt like the big boy in the family. A new...

While walking, I passed this old building. The window caught my eye. Why would a window be built so small? I thought being inside there...

For Christmas this year I considered asking for a new gas grill for outside. The one we’ve been using has seen better days. There are not...

This morning I knocked a calendar off of my kitchen counter while tidying up. It’s one of those flip calendars and I realized instantly...

Nearing the Shore December 2020 The year 2020 held challenges for the entire world that no one knew were coming. Saying farewell to this...

Someone recently asked me how I chose the name of this ministry. Since I accepted Jesus as my savior at the age of seven, I have had a...

Seven year old me. About the time I said to God, "No one else can have the part of me I gave to you." Best choice I ever made. There was...

When God uses our actions in a great way, are we great or is God great?

A few minutes of music can make a quick trip into town feel like a retreat. Sometimes for inspiration, sometimes for fun. Today an old...

One day a mother and her 10-year old son requested a talk with the pastor who also taught the boy’s Bible study class. The child had...

“Sometimes when I get up in the night to go to the bathroom or get a drink, when I get back into bed I am so close to the edge there is a...