I’m flipping through cable Christmas movies and have found the worst. Problem is that you don’t know until you’ve used it as wallpaper (background for what I really should be doing). It was a nativity and pieces were missing. The angel looked like a very nice man dressed in white but where were the accompanying…

I missed a birthday party this evening. I had baked the birthday person’s favorite, a cheesecake with blueberries. A doctor’s appointment determined I should stay home but there will be a redo. I’m at that stage that I look up a recipe for reference but don’t really need to follow it in detail. When I…

We have these shorter days lately so light becomes a bigger deal. We’ve also experienced the season of Diwali, known as the “Festival of Lights”, recognizing the five-day Indian festival. There are a variety of stories of its origin but the basic theme is good over evil. Then we see signs of Hanukkah, an eight…

Feeling lost can be inconvenient but the sun was out. Cool crisp air filled my lungs as my car meandered through some of the sweetest neighborhoods abutting the University of Washington. I had taken a direct route from exercise to keep a tradition. My girls were missing but I sent photos and reminded them that…

Aging is shame-based. Why is that? It should be, and is, an honor to grow old and outlast the others. We hate cancer and hate funerals. I keep purchasing sympathy cards. Today I look as good as I ever will. I feel better than I ever will. I can still do things. I even climbed…

Earthquakes do not surprise God – in fact nothing surprises Him. We know that God is over time and sees all. That is usually good news. Most of the biblical references to earthquakes are found in the book of Revelation. Revelation is the final disclosure from God until Jesus comes for a second time. He…

I baked cookies today for the first time in awhile. Baking is also thinking time and it takes time to bake dozens of cookies. We have questions about God and prayer. How is God answering those prayers? Has he forgotten about you or is His answer different than you planned for. Today I also mailed…

I don’t often write about food but a churro, to me, is filled with happy memories, not cream. A churro is a type of fried dough from Spanish and Portuguese cuisine and is pastry dough piped into hot oil from a star tip piping bag. Afterwards there is a generous sprinkling of sweetness – sugar…

I have been commissioned. Reading Acts 1:1-9, Jesus left this earth on a high and important note. Verse eight reads, “but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of…

God is still pursuing us. We love to describe Him as a loving God because love covers a multitude of sins. That lends a feeling of safety regarding the places in our lives where we miss the mark – called sin. I John 3:1 reads, “What great love the Father has lavished on us, that…