Go Tell it on the Mountain!

Son-in-Law Rob, Brand new Grandson Sawyer, Husband Rich Greatest Gift God could have sent us anyone, or anything, to secure our salvation. After all, He’s God. He has the advantage of omnipotence and He could have worked that out any way He chose. But He didn’t send anyone. He gave us His only Son. And because […]


My Favorite Thanksgiving

Dad and my nephew Craig, Thanksgiving, 2007 Grateful Lives In November of 2007, Rich and I were newlyweds of not quite three months. We’d been evacuated from our beloved home a month earlier due to a massive wildfire. Our home, and our entire neighborhood, had been spared, thanks to God’s grace and some hard, hard […]


My Favorite Thanksgiving

Dad and my nephew Craig, Thanksgiving, 2007 Grateful Lives In November of 2007, Rich and I were newlyweds of not quite three months. We’d been evacuated from our beloved home a month earlier due to a massive wildfire. Our home, and our entire neighborhood, had been spared, thanks to God’s grace and some hard, hard […]


Guiding Light

Uncle Roy, Aunt Nancy, Mom: August, 2006  Taproot TreasureYesterday I visited Legoland with my daughter, son-in-law, their sons, and my co-grandparents. Newborn Sawyer slept through the visit; four-year-old Cadence delighted in the park, the rides, and the Lego statues. As I returned to Orange County that evening, I was reflecting on the pleasure of […]


Everyday Gratitude

Service for Twelve Little Mercies I don’t love to shop. In fact I don’t even like to shop. When we need stuff, I feel a burden to be a good steward of our resources and make wise choices, but I don’t enjoy the thrill of searching for Just The Right Thing to meet our needs. So when Rich […]