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I Know Him

18th December 2018 | 0 Comments

Last week I was blessed to have my dear friend from FL, brave the WI cold and bring her son to visit us during the Christmas season. One of the evenings of their visit, we drove out to a dinner theater to see the movie Elf adapted into a play. We all love the movie […]


Expectations of Old

5th December 2018 | 0 Comments

“And your house and your kingdom shall endure before me forever…” 1 Sam. 7:16 David was a simple shepherd boy, the youngest in his family, from the back country around Bethlehem. He was handsome, and talented, and brave; but he was overlooked. Until one day when God sent Samuel to anoint a king for Israel—a […]


The Connection between Thanks and Giving

20th November 2018 | 0 Comments

It’s time to celebrate my favorite holiday again! And what better way to celebrate than to share some thoughts on the subject of gratitude. I love Thanksgiving for a plethora of reasons. Perhaps the most notable is the permission this holiday gives everyone to express gratitude. In an entitled culture, in a society of demands […]


Time to be Grateful

13th November 2018 | 0 Comments

“…When he saw that he was healed, he came back to Jesus shouting, “praise God!” He fell to the ground at Jesus’ feet thanking him for what he had done.” Luke 17:15-16 I love these verses. They vividly depict a thankful heart in action. The man has just been healed of leprosy, a terminal skin […]


Fruit and More Fruit

30th October 2018 | 0 Comments

“So shall my Word be…it shall not return to me void, but shall accomplish that which I purpose.”–Isa. 55:11 I have the incredible privilege of seeing God’s Word going out into dark places. I know it will accomplish what God purposes. I know it will spread his name and his renown. Even during the translation […]


Just a Little Surprise

23rd October 2018 | 0 Comments

One challenge I face when traveling around the world is the relative nature of spice. What is spicy to one person is mild or bland to another. Typically what melts my lips, sets my mouth on fire, and burns a molten lava trail down my throat is mild to my Asian friends! Alas we have […]


His Compassions Fail Not

3rd October 2018 | 0 Comments

This year I have joined my sister and mom in a verse memorization plan. We each take turns choosing a passage to memorize together and sometimes even across the distance we get to practice our verses together.  It’s amazing to me, how God has given us a theme without our intending it. Psalm 138:4-8 was […]


He’s Never Doing Just One Thing

29th August 2018 | 0 Comments

I don’t think He will ever stop surprising me…this powerful, loving, omniscient and intimate God of mine. Maybe that’s a good thing. I love surprises. Don’t you? Even when I think I am walking and do exactly what he is calling me to, I find surprising opportunities on the path, and what I’ve prepared for, […]


The Weak Things And His Amazing Ways

7th August 2018 | 0 Comments

The plane is over an hour late, which probably wouldn’t bother me if it weren’t on the end of a 30-hour around-the-world trip from Milwaukee, USA to Goroka, PNG. And I know, it isn’t over yet. As I walk across the tarmac to the porch where I’ll claim my carry-on, I try to imagine the […]


“You Can’t Out-give God”

20th June 2018 | 0 Comments

My grams taught me a lot—sometimes by what she said, more often by how she lived. A truism she shared with regularity was, “You can’t out-give God.” Any time we talked about giving of any sort, she would remind me of this, and then I would hear again part of her story of God’s generosity […]