God in the ordinary

There are a lot of very ordinary days, very quiet ones, at this stage in our lives.  Nothing to write home about.  A simple list of tasks accomplished represents the day, at least to all outward appearances. What did I do today… –pedaled 40 miles with my honey, to keep us in shape, body and […]

Not a Check-Off List

I’ve been put in my place this week, reminded that it is not the holier-than-thou that enjoy fellowship with God, but the truly holy.  And being holy is not essentially about what I do, it’s about what Jesus has done. It all started with a sermon on Psalm 15—“O Lord, who shall sojourn in your […]

A Many-splendored Love

I am away from my computer this week so may I leave you with just a short thought I have been pondering? What if we believed, really believed that all God does and all He allows in our lives is done in love…what if we saw the ‘good’ and the ‘bad’ as tokens of His […]

No Greater Joy…

“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth” the apostle John said.(3John 4)  He could have continued but didn’t: ‘and no greater anguish than when they stray from the truth.’  Being a person who sees the cup as half empty more often than half full, I gravitate […]