It has been more than thirty years since I was part of a church where we used song books and sang hymns. Back in the eighties, we decided we were too enlightened for that. It was all overhead projectors and praise choruses complete with clapping, shouting, and the Holy-Ghost-Shuffle. (Okay, I’m over-reacting. We had some [...]

I am struck on this New Year’s Day by the fact that we never know what a year (or a moment) may hold. No one dancing at midnight when 1940 became 1941 anticipated bombs falling on Hawaii before they danced again. Other years have given us a hint of things to come. Our family welcomed [...]

O Lord my God, you have done many miracles for us. Your plans for us are too numerous to list. If I tried to recite all your wonderful deeds, I would never come to the end of them. Psalms 40:5 (NLT) Things Like This:                       [...]

We sang Amazing Grace at church last weekend, and I was so glad. Because 43 years ago this month, a tiny congregation sang that song on the banks of a pond while I was baptized. I remember it snowed that day, but I don’t remember being cold. My grandfather waded into the water before me [...]

My husband and I live in a small town. I’ve mentioned this before. 45minutes to the nearest Starbucks. No stoplights. Everybody knows your name (and your business). But a few things here are unique. Unlike the small towns shrinking all around us, ours is growing. It is, in fact, a relatively new town. The community [...]