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Before and After

Posted on March 18, 2023March 18, 2023 by Pam

If I showed you a before and after photo of my study at Wiler, on the outside I would look much the same (except for longer hair). What happened on the inside only God can measure if He does measure. Being a God of grace I picture Him cheering me on more then measuring anything…

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Where Are You Going?

Posted on March 16, 2023March 18, 2023 by Pam

Well, lately I have been going a lot of places on elevators and these are old elevators. In the thriller films, the heroine is always stuck in a cage elevator. I’ve been in one in Bern in a hotel (only because my luggage was too heavy for stairs) and in a medical office in Florence….

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How Do You Feel About Art?

Posted on March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 by Pam

I am convinced that this is a diary and not a blog this week but I do want to make some observations about Italian art. Today I saw Michelangelo’s David. I knew it would be the crowning moment of this tour. The first surprise is that it is magnificent but so tall. In a room…

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What Part Do I Play

Posted on March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 by Pam

We ALL have a part in sharing the good news of Jesus Christ. What is mine? What is yours? I just enjoyed a “Radical” podcast with David Platt and he talks about “holding the rope” for others in the field in hard places. He then lists what we can individually do: prayer unites, giving, and…

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Gianni and Teresa

Posted on March 13, 2023March 14, 2023 by Pam

It only works if you pronounce their names in Italian. I loved Gianni and Teresa from Florence but they passed about a decade ago. There was a loyalty more than a love story but probably both. I have always been drawn to most things Italian but that was solidified when Cynthia Yoler referred her friends…

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Just As Likely

Posted on March 12, 2023March 12, 2023 by Pam

I know that I am not yet writing about the Discipleship Training but I will get to that. I am in the moment and processing. It is Sunday morning – a day of praise. I’m onto my day by noon in a caffe-bar. What I notice is that my compadres are just as likely to…

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Does Italy Need Me?

Posted on March 11, 2023March 11, 2023 by Pam

I don’t think Italy needs me but I still enjoyed Italy today. This is a long one but I have so many words. I ended my day at Cattedrale di Saint Maria del Fiore. I had toured yesterday and it is very near where I am staying. I’ll watch my home church on-line in the…

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My Gentle Mother

Posted on March 11, 2023March 11, 2023 by Pam

Today I learned that my friend, Rita’s, Mom passed away in February at age 107. What a remarkable feat! My own sweet Mother passed in 2008 at age 86. Oh how I miss her. It is true that you cannot do enough for a mom because when she is gone that is it for now….

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Worship in the Stone Gallery

Posted on March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 by Pam

I had never attended worship at Saint Paul’s Cathedral and had hours to wander. Evensong is described as, Christian worship that has been offered to God on this site for over 1400 years. By worshipping there, I became a part of this living tradition of prayer and thanksgiving to God for the gift of His…

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Sacred Objects

Posted on March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 by Pam

It is my first full day in Florence, Italy, and I visited the Bargello Museo. It is walking distance from where I am staying and formally called Museo Nazionale del Bargello. I took too many photos and cried at one point. I am in a city that draws tourists to see sacred objects mostly in…

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"Thoughts from a genuinely evaluative mind."

Pam writes so that must make her a writer. Recently retired, she can now fill days with family, friends, missions, writing, creating, and showing up for whomever needs her. Pam loves the Lord and people. The Bible is God’s love letter to us (and who does not need more love) so she studies and writes some more.

Pam lives in the Pacific Northwest but was home-grown in Southern California. She attended San Jose Bible College and finished a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry at UCLA. She became a teacher, then a Research and Development Chemist, then she built two successful real estate businesses in two states. Pam also pursued study at Fuller Theological Seminary and just completed six months serving in missions abroad.

Pam has two amazing children, married to two precious in-laws, and five sweet grandchildren. Pam is a gifted connector and communicator and the Northwest has the perfect climate for staying inside and writing – or baking! She has been writing since a wee one and is currently converting many years of blogging, by topic, into ten books. The first is a collection from 2011 titled, Beautiful Enough. The second is a yearly day-timer titled, Weekly Planner - Lessons in Life, Glory, and Grace. Number three is in progress with the working title, Christmas Today.

Ten facts about Pam in no particular order:

  1. On the team that developed an insulation for the Alaskan oil pipeline.
  2. Loves looking at homes, decorating, and has flipped five homes.
  3. Likes being tall.
  4. Films have helped define her vocabulary.
  5. Comes from Colorado tenement farmers with history traced to Wales.
  6. Was lost but now is found.
  7. Baking makes her happy – as does eating sweets with coffee, of course.
  8. She thinks mission work is the most important work in the world.
  9. The church started in Rome so she is learning Italian.
  10. Pam is a work in progress!

“I will be your God throughout your lifetime - until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.” Isaiah 46:4

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