Happy Thanksgiving!

Love Lives HereTomorrow we gather to give thanks. This year, I am especially thankful for our home. Not because it is particularly fine or grand, as those words are commonly used to describe a house. I am thankful for our home because it is the locus of our life as a family. We rest here, […]


Give us This Day

Just-in-Time ProvisionI’ve posted before (here and here, for example) about my dear friend Elizabeth and her young son John. They face many challenges as they reestablish their lives far, far away from us. They have been guests of friends in their new community, but Elizabeth has located an apartment and they are eagerly planning to […]


Instruments of Praise

Wondering what He has in StoreOne of my favorite songs includes the line, “These hands that You have made/are instruments of praise.” [Note: edited to add the link to the song video] I’ve been thinking about that line a lot, lately, as I’ve made the rounds between the rheumatologist, the occupational therapist, and the orthopedic […]


Just Look at His Handiwork!

Hudson Mills Park, Michigan Photo by Bob Coller My friend Bob graciously granted me permission to share this amazing photograph with you. In a recent post I suggested taking a look at God’s creation as a way to spot Him. As Bob’s photograph demonstrates, autumn is a particularly fine time of the year to get […]


Rejoicing in Germs

Hanging up the Tights and CapeSometime last week, after contemplating the materials our congregation is studying as part of Life’s Healing Choices, I confessed to my husband that I have a problem with an overblown sense of responsibility, particularly regarding our household. I know that God is in control. All the same He hasn’t folded […]