Lisbon, Portugal, June 2023 Nehemiah 6:15-16 The wall was completed in 52 days, on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul. When all our enemies heard this, all the surrounding nations were intimidated and lost their confidence, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God. Whatever the work that God calls us to do, we... Continue Reading →
Courbevoie, France, May 2023 Ezekiel 36: 26-27 And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Angeliki Mikropoulou @Unsplash "Give a Little Happiness" was written on the sign in the window. I wondered how to accomplish that with no money on me. Then, I smiled and said something positive to each of the passersby, And I realized that spreading joy can happen quite spontaneously. Telling people how lovely they... Continue Reading →
We are on Spring Break this week from my graduate classes. I finished teaching just as I contracted Covid and then spent five days in the hospital. So, this week is a welcome chance to rest my body. I have missed three weeks of classes, but I did keep up some of the reading, and... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWrite about your dream home.View all responses When I was a teenager in the 1950s and 1960s, we lived in a neighborhood where everyone was black due to segregation. There were beautiful brick houses that I craved to live in. We lived in a three-room wooden apartment, with the bathroom tacked on to... Continue Reading →
Hilton Head, South Carolina, 2023 Jeremiah 17:7-8: But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes;its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year... Continue Reading →
Bloganuary writing promptIn what ways do you communicate online?View all responses I started blogging about six years ago, and I have 1605 followers. Many of my fellow bloggers that I follow and who follow me are in Europe, Mexico, India, and Asia, along with the United States. I connect with these global friends every day,... Continue Reading →
Psalm 116: 16-19 O Lord, I am your servant; yes, I am your servant, born into your household;  you have freed me from my chains. I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord. I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people—in the house... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptDescribe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?View all responses As an abandoned child living in the home of an aunt who was a stranger to me, I had to find comfort in the familiar. That was the Bible I had received from school, the little... Continue Reading →
Hebrews 10: 23-25 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.... Continue Reading →
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