“The nearer a man lives to God, the more intensely he has to mourn over his own evil heart.” Charles Spurgeon I grew up in a family that...

Did you know in the year 2022, NFL attendance by year shows that a total of 18.82 million people were present in the regular season? At...

My eyes have been opened to the beauty of the Hebrew language on my recent trips to Israel. Hebrew words typically have so many layers to...

A good friend, a soul friend, is a precious gift from God. From the beginning, God knew that it wasn’t good for us to be alone. He...

Choose to be open. To be open is to be receptive and ready to receive. When I choose to be open and receive what God wants for my life, I...

In 1965, a musical group known as The Byrds came out with a song that hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. “Turn, Turn, Turn” was in...

Merriam-Webster defines a do-over as “a new attempt or opportunity to do something after a previous attempt has been unsuccessful or...

I grew up swimming in the freshwater lakes in northern Wisconsin. My dad is from there, and going to Grandma and Grandpa's was always an...

Catch and release. That phrase is often used in fishing. There are places and times where it is required after you catch a fish to...

The spirit of discovery has changed our world dramatically. Think about life without cars, phones, computers, airplanes, antibiotics…the...

I love spring. I love watching the earth come to life after walking through a season of gray and darkness. During our long Iowa winters,...

Slow down. Take a breath. In and out. Inhale while you say “Jesus." Exhale while you say “I am yours.” Repeat. I don’t know about you,...

This past March, my sweet Hubby and I celebrated our 41st wedding anniversary! No cruise to Hawaii or trip to Paris. Instead, we flew to...

We rise by lifting others ~Robert Ingersoll We’ve all heard the saying “Be the woman who fixes another woman’s crown without telling the...

Today is Good Friday. And I have to be honest, I’ve always wondered why they call it Good Friday when it is a day that held such extreme...

My father-in-law had a small stroke a week ago. While I was visiting him in the hospital, the nurse would come in to take his vitals and...

Cindy sprinted with all she had left down the last one hundred yards of a two-mile race. Opening up her stride, she passed one more of...

I will never forget a long difficult season of waiting on God to move in a particular circumstance. We, my husband and I were stuck so it...

When it rains it pours! I don’t think any of us are exempt from saying this a time or two in our life when we have experienced a...

What is comfort? Have you ever wondered? Sitting here in my favorite overstuffed armchair, wrapped in my fluffy pink robe, you might say...