Jesus is Coming

“Jesus is Coming” So proclaimed the neon green poster board that someone had placed in the median of busy Capital Boulevard right by my house.  With the crude hand-lettering (or maybe in spite of it), it was hard to ignore it. As I drove by, I decided to suppress my...

Opportunities

“There are so many opportunities today, Lord.” It was early on a Thursday morning, and I was praying about my day.  As I pondered what was in my schedule, I prayed over it.  Leading a corporate Bible study that morning.  Lunch with a young woman who had started...

Messing Up

I messed up the other day. I had called AAA about finally getting my husband’s car towed back home from the dealership where it sat about an hour away from our house.  (See here for the December post when the car broke down.)  We pay for 100 miles of free towing and...

The Great Adventure of a New Year

Almost everyone loves the start of a new year.  A clean slate, a fresh start, a chance to change (or resolutions to anyway!), and a sense of expectancy and hope.   For Christians, that last one should be even more true – actually should be true every day –...

A Broken Christmas

“It’s a broken Christmas.” That’s what went through my head last week as I stood in front of my kitchen sink mulling over the events of the last 7 days.  First the heat had stopped working, and we got a whole new HVAC unit on the advice of the repairman.  Four days...