Seeking to be CONTENT in all things, JOYFUL in HOPE, PATIENT in affliction.
He covers the sky with clouds; He supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills. Psalm 147:8 Today, the sky finally opened up. Real rain at last. The flash and crackle of lightning and the boom of thunder preceded its arrival. It was a welcome sight after all the dry months. …
The endangered California Red-legged Frog (Rana draytonii) in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area The worst thing we used to say about winter was that it was dull. After brightly lit festivities, the warmth of friends and family together, January has always seemed bleak. Just cold and barren. February isn’t much better, although there is …
I am not superstitious. But as fires rip through communities around LA, it is hard not to feel uneasy about 2025. Five days after they packed up their Christmas goodies, hugged us good-bye and headed home, our daughter and her husband are living in a hotel. They are among the estimated 180,000 people who have …
It is ironic that we can have difficulty giving thanks as we prepare for Thanksgiving. “Who has time?” you might be thinking as you bend beneath the considerable weight of family needs, expectations and your own desire to get it right. The challenge is particularly acute during this season of weariness. Many of us are …
It is possible to set aside a sabbath of sorts in which we focus on baking and breaking bread, listening to birds sing and breathing deeply.
Would you rather fix than feel? Is your life too hectic to spend time feeling? Do you eat your emotions with a bowl of ice cream? Or do your emotions run away with you and drag you off into a ditch? Whatever relationship you have with your emotions, you need this book! In Untangle Your …
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.. Lamentations 3:22-23 The family laughed over breakfast about the first bacon of the new year, the first text message, the first football game, etc. Each was followed by a daughter’s very good imitation of a trumpet …
For God alone my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my salvation. Psalm 62:1 Until just recently, porch pumpkins and Christmas cheer coexisted on our front porch. Unlike most of my neighbors and friends, I do not rush into the Christmas season. I like to ease into the idea, not unlike savoring the last of the Thanksgiving stuffing and gravy. This is how I’ve always done things, so this pause didn’t really strike …
California typically rushes through spring in its frantic dash to summer. Bulbs bloom in February and are gone. Trees bloom and leaf at the same time. If you want to see wildflowers, you better not blink.This year, however, is very different. For the first time in many years, a cool wet spring is unfurling slowly.Buds form and pause, teasing us with what is to come. Wildflowers paint the landscape with wide brushstrokes of yellow, orange, purple. Bulbs – some of them …
Something about the start of a new year makes me want to clean closets and go through boxes. I want to get rid of the accumulation, par down, and simplify. Each year, I get rid of a little more as my priorities evolve. Not long ago, my husband and I emptied a tall file cabinet in the garage. We hadn’t examined the contents in years. Old work …
SMALL MOMENTS FULL OF GRACE 