Tag Archives: Faith

A Better Me

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a woman, I put the ways of childhood behind me. – 1 Corinthians 13:11 (NIV) When I … Continue reading

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In Need of Prayer …

As we build this community prayer platform, we ask the Lord to listen to our petitions with full confidence they not only are heard but acted upon by God according to His holy will. These requests are on my prayer … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Sacrifice

Time for this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. It certainly creeps up on you … especially when you’re on the road. Five Minute Friday, of course, is a discipline where independent writers join together to transform thoughts on a … Continue reading

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Family … Family … Family…

I have been blessed. From my earliest recollection, I have had a wonderfully supportive family — even when I didn’t fully realize it at the time. As I grew, married, settled down {relatively speaking}, and raised children with my wife, … Continue reading

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Seeds of Faith

So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 1 Corinthians 3:7 Miss Mildred, the Sunday church school teacher of my teen years, always held a special place in … Continue reading

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Send Those Prayers

As we build this community prayer platform, we ask the Lord to listen to our petitions with full confidence they not only are heard but acted upon by God according to His holy will. These requests are on my prayer … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Direction

Time for Five Minute Friday. You know what that means. I’ll write for five focused minutes  on a specific prompt, then get together and share with my fellow writers at Kate’s spot on Facebook at fiveminutefriday.com. To entice you to … Continue reading

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Change the World

Don’t read anything into this post or between the lines, but the adventures of the past three months have focused on my mortality. I am hopeful there will be many more years of blogging and sharing, but I’m also cognizant, … Continue reading

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Once Upon a Time

This week’s Words for the Week … Once upon a time there was a bunch of tiny frogs who arranged a climbing competition. The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower. A big crowd had gathered … Continue reading

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Another Gift

In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star … Continue reading

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