January 3, 2012 – 2:24 pm
As with everything, there is a reason that God led me to the book Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life by Charles Swindoll. It was one of those books that was found in the dusty corner of a thrift shop ministry. Each day, while reading this particular book, I am being challenged to re-build (with [...]
December 24, 2011 – 3:56 pm
“The Master is neither mute nor careless as He alters our times and changes our seasons. How wrong to trudge blindly and routinely through a lifetime of changing seasons without discovering answers to the new mysteries and learning to sing the new melodies! Seasons are designed to deepen us, to instruct us in the [...]
December 18, 2011 – 2:02 pm
The month of December has been pretty chaotic and full of challenges for the B&W household. However, we are making our way through the storms much like I remember doing as a kid trying to walk to school over sheets of ice after an Alaskan storm (there were no snow days in that part of [...]
December 1, 2011 – 1:18 pm
One of my greatest simple pleasures is to browse through thrift shops. Not the franchise ones like Goodwill or Salvation Army, but the more charitable ones. The shops that provide a variety of ministries to those that are in need. The ones that can only afford a small hole in the wall because all their [...]
November 24, 2011 – 1:50 pm
“Stop thinking you can’t do things and start thinking you can. It’s important to eliminate negatives from your vocabulary, especially the word “can’t”. When you begin to think positively, you will find yourself attempting and succeeding at more things. Remember by eliminating the negatives you will let the positives come through.” Quote from a counseling [...]
Ever since my father’s death I spend every morning playing in my backyard gardens. I find much comfort, peace, and balance there. Today while I was taking a picture of the Cassia tree I was planting for him the morning he died (I got the call as soon as I finished planting it) I smelled [...]
January 12, 2011 – 5:34 pm
Since the new year began I have been fairly successful with implementing some significant changes into my daily routines. Thank goodness I had some quality vacation time to integrate these changes to where they are now habits. However, now that the new semester has begun, I am finding myself challenged to incorporate my intellectual pursuits [...]
