"When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers . . . " Psalm 8 Today It’s the Sky Behold Journal for January 21, 2026 Today it's the sky. My first glimpse of it is early morning, and it’s a billowy blanket of gray. The outline of trees is deep black against it, and a burst of golden light, a brilliant bulb, pierces through. I can’t reach up and grab it, fold it up like a beautiful print acquired at an art fair. But I picture God unfurling it with his fingers as the su

Behold Journal Entry for January 20, 2026 My word for the year is Behold. It's not a word we say much today, but it's used often in God's word when something magnificent is to be noticed or heard. Maybe the best use of it today is when we say, "Look!" I chose this word for its reminder to me to look to God, to all he has created, all he has done, and continues to do each day. In my third novel, which I'm currently editing, the grandmother in the story gathers things on her wa

“Walk This Way” series reflection on Prayers and Peace Readings: Philippians 4:1-9; Luke 6:12-16; Luke 5:16; 2 Corinthians 10:5;...

“Walk This Way” Reflection Week 9 Readings: Psalm 1; John 3:5-8; Isaiah 43; Jeremiah 17:8; Romans 8; Galatians 5 I find it interesting...

"Walk This Way" Reflection Week 8 Readings: Leviticus 19:32 & Matthew 19:13-14 One of my many joy-filled photos of young people at our...

“Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine love for him.” Mark 10:21 These are the words that have dominated my thoughts over the past...

I have a pretty good collection of “Live Generously” T-shirts, collected over the years from participating in different service projects...

I recently returned from visiting my kids and grandson, and one of my biggest joys was the things my two-year-old grandson would say....

Strange title, right? I chose it to go along with the unusual picture that comes to my mind when I read Matthew 7:3-5, the gospel reading...

“Walk This Way” Weekly Reflection #3 This week’s Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34 Matthew 18:21-35 I recently met with a previous student...

“I wish I had the words to say to let them know how much I love them.” Those are the words my former youth pastor and pastor for many...

This is the first post in the summer "Walk This Way" series. Scroll to the bottom of the page for the next posts in the series. Readings:...

Yesterday when my husband got home from work, I heard him say, “Hey, do you know why this nail is on the table?” I had no idea what he...

I’m a wimp when it comes to scary movies. Some of you reading this will relate, and some of you will think that’s too bad because you...

Do any of you currently have or remember having a Christmas tree that was heavily weighted with decorations on the bottom branches of the...

“Buy the pie.” Those are the words that continued to repeat in my mind as I prayed for the right words to write as well as for peace of...

Falling into God’s Love (Weekly Study) Week one: His Love Drives Out Fear Reading and Reflection: 1 John 4-5 Today as I write this, I’ve...

We are fully into the season of fall, and as we begin this month of November, the month where we think about gratitude, the Thanksgiving...

Who am I following? Well, if you’ve been reading my blog for any amount of time, you probably know what I’m going to say to that. I’m...

I recently read a statistic in Psychology Today that said the average person has about 6.5 thoughts per minute, or about 6,200 thoughts...