Inspirational

It’s Time to Attempt the Impossible!

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.             Hebrews 11:6, NIV   The British theologian and Baptist preacher, F.B. Meyer wrote, “We never test the resources of God until we attempt the impossible.” […]

May 20, 2021
Inspirational

Time to Get Off the Fence

Decisions are hard, especially when you can list the pros and cons and they seem to be nearly equal. You may know like Tevye in the story of the Fiddler on the Roof, that “on one hand, you could do this, and on the other hand, you could do that.” Neither of those options seems […]

May 17, 2021
Inspirational

I Love to Tell the Story

One of my favorite songs as a young girl was called, “I love to tell the story!”  It was written in 1866 by a woman named Arabella Hankey.  Here are the lyrics: I love to tell the story of unseen things above, Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love; I love to […]

May 13, 2021
Inspirational

Mission: Impossible

As a fan of the Mission: Impossible movies, I’ve watched Ethan Hunt go through one death-defying moment after another. No matter how scary things get, he manages to pull off his task. I kind of envy that sometimes because in the real world, even my everyday missions can feel impossible. They feel that way, but […]

May 10, 2021
Family

In Praise of Mothers

Mother’s Day will celebrate its 107th year since Woodrow Wilson signed the bill creating the second Sunday of May as Mother’s Day in 1914. Though mothers come in a variety of styles, they influence our lives at every age and stage.  When Winston Churchill was asked to list the teachers who had influenced him the […]

May 8, 2021
for writers

Creating Words that Count

Who has helped you say these words? And where did you get these ideas?             Job 26:4, NCV Counting the Words   Writers usually have some idea what they want to say before they put one word on a page. They have an idea, or a purpose, and a desire to influence the perspective of their […]

May 6, 2021
for writers

A Mentor for Mona Lisa

  Walter Isaacson’s novel about Leonardo DaVinci is in part, a 15th century version of networking, and learning from the people around you.  Peeling back the layers of DaVinci’s life, we see that he surrounded himself with stimulating peers and mentors.  Some were much older than he was at the time, but they shared their […]

May 3, 2021
for writers

Facing the Blank Page

Every writer starts the same way…with a blank page. For some, that page is like looking out at a vast universe of infinite possibilities, with lights shining everywhere, leaving the writer to shoot for the stars. For others, the blank page is a challenge. It boldly and quietly draws the writer in, totally aloof, waiting […]

April 28, 2021
Inspirational

With Just a Little Imagination

An Unlimited Imagination Our Creator may have imagined His picture of the world long before He actually spoke it into being. After all, He had to think up a platypus and an ocean full of bizarre looking critters before He even thought about the infinite varieties of complex human beings. We can’t top His imagination […]

April 22, 2021
Inspirational

What a Mess this Is!

Enthusiasm without knowledge is not good.    If you act too quickly, you might make a mistake.             Proverbs 19:2, NCV   Great Blunders Perhaps you think the desires of your heart are no longer possible because you’ve made a lot of mistakes. Your life has been messy and that could mean you’re stuck, and nothing can […]

April 19, 2021