How to Prepare More than Baskets for Easter

by | Mar 30, 2015 | family, The Bible

I love Easter baskets!  And I hope yours overflows with all things chocolate and chewy this year. But it is a good thing no little people are counting on me to fill one. This week is crazy busy for me. We are getting ready to move our medical clinic from temporary...

A Small Thing Can Make a Difference

by | Mar 24, 2015 | Marriage, work

This is one of the walls the amazing Eliza and crew designed in our church during our recent missions conference. The theme was One Family, so, of course, we hung portraits of our family from around the world. The couple in the top left corner is among our heros of...

Three Ways to Welcome Spring

by | Mar 20, 2015 | happy endings, mercy

Hello Spring, we are glad you finally came. A refrain from an old hymn comes to mind, taken from the Song of Solomon: The turtle dove is singing now, the winter’s past and gone. Rise up my fair one come away; I’ll take you home to stay. (The Bride of...

Singing to the Air

by | Mar 15, 2015 | mercy, The Bible

  I was standing in worship tonight, and I had a startling clear moment where I thought like an atheist. Not that I suddenly stopped believing in God. But for one moment, I saw our worship service as it must look to someone who claims to believe God does not...

The What-If Game

by | Mar 9, 2015 | mercy, The Bible

As a writer, I’m really good at playing the What-If Game. What if a mysterious stranger shows up at the lake cabin my lead character rents for the summer? What if Madge smashes into an ice cream truck and gets sentenced to community service? What if a small...