Sue questioned whether Joanie was friend or an adversary. She waffled on this quiz. Joanie sent her a kissogram delivered by a fake fireman to congratulate her on her engagement. She couldn’t have anticipated Sue would fall in love with the guy, or could she? Written for Can You Tell A Story In from Esther... Continue Reading →
Thank You, WordPress, For Reminding Me That I Have Something to Offer
While my husband and I were visiting his family in California and Oregon for the last ten days, I noticed one of my blog posts was getting a lot more likes than usual. I thought bots had taken over the site, but I found an email from WordPress that said the following: Hi isaiah46ministries, We’ve... Continue Reading →
Feeling Like An Outsider in the Lord’s House
I sit at the dining room table, debating whether to go to church this morning. My husband and I visited a new church last Sunday where several of our former members attend after the closing of ours. I liked the service, especially the preacher’s message. As always, I moved to the music, as it touched... Continue Reading →
How Does a Southerner Give Up Salt and Grease?
It's good to be home from the hospital. It's extra awful to end up in the hospital because of your own stubbornness. I have resisted the fact that I am susceptible to congestive heart failure, although I have a genetic heart ailment. I have had three hospitalizations, counting this week, and I am finally convinced... Continue Reading →
Having Fun, Enjoying Life, Learning New Apps and Skills
Praia de Pescadores (Fish), Albufeira, Portugal I am a life learner, and I believe that nothing helps us grow in knowledge and compassion as traveling to a country where we do not speak the language and everything seems different from home. My husband and I forgot to add international roaming to our phones, so when... Continue Reading →
I Look At Social Media, But I Don’t Share My Life
I came off of Facebook because I spent too much time distracted by reels. I also began to be disturbed at the ugliness of the rhetoric. Even when I taught college students, I advised them to be careful what they posted on social media, for fear of losing a future job because of an ill-advised... Continue Reading →
No One Tells You How Painful It Is to Attend a Dying Church
It's like living Groundhog Day every Sunday, as fewer people attend each time. Each week, more friends and Sunday School members are gone. You keep asking if they are sick or on vacation, only to be told that they have chosen to attend another church. It's like I am attending the same funeral every week, and... Continue Reading →
As the Matriarch, My Mission is Encouragement and Faith Building
I am stunned to know that I am now the oldest generation of my family. When I was younger, I liked sitting beside or on the lap of the older women and listening to them gossip about their children and neighbors, while passing along to me, maybe unknowingly, behaviors that were unacceptable or unglodly. I... Continue Reading →
I Love Snow: I Don’t Want to Drive In It!
I loved to be sitting near the great big front window, Watching the snow fall and covering the gates and trees. There was a peacefulness in it that healed my soul, But I didn’t think of having to drive in it gleefully. I knew that we had to go to work the next day in... Continue Reading →
The Past Warns Us that Our Future is Either Looking Good or Grim
When we think about what we would like to accomplish in life, we use the past as a barometer of what is possible for us to achieve. It may be a parent's past revealed many times over, until you hope never to hear it again, that reminds you that if they could survive the bad... Continue Reading →
