Grudging Grace

Jockeying Faith isn’t Bowling In bowling one can score a perfect game of 12 strikes. Faith is different: none of us is perfect in our walk with Christ. Especially me. A week or so ago I was driving home from work. Two lanes over, a woman in a sedan was caught behind a red light while attempting […]


Paint, Power Tools, and a Picture of Grace

Rich, Tom, and the Door Home Repairs and Unlikely Lessons Yesterday we spent the day at our good friend Tom’s house so Rich could repair a french door that had fallen victim to a puppy’s gnawings. I’ve written before about Tom and how our paths crossed one night under unlikely circumstances. I was looking forward […]


Family Resemblances

My Tahitian Sister, Kay, Buying Produce Papeete Marketplace, January 2004 Image Bearers Ever have a “duh!” moment–one of those moments where you realized an insight that was so basic, so obvious, that you felt really stupid that you’d never made that mental connection before? Me too. Take for example my contemplation of my dear friend […]


Growing Hearts for God

Making Connections I’ve written before about our wonderful grandsons, Ayden and Cadence (Cadence is riding the pony in this shot) and their big hearts for Christ. It’s a joy to watch these little guys grow in faith. They’ve each spent a weekend with us recently. The day this photo was taken, Cadence had spent the […]


The Artichoke Bonus, Part One

But Wait, There’s More!Artichokes are a favorite in my family. Lore has it that when my sister and I were small girls, my mother prepared a whole one for each of us, rather than giving us each a half.  She knew we would be full before getting close to the meaty heart, the prize of the […]