I write about following Jesus in all of life’s seasons
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In this collection of four novellas I particularly liked “Where Healing Blooms,” by Vanetta Chapman. Emma Hochstetter is a widow, mother, and grandmother whose prayer is that her elderly mother-in-law will never die and leave her alone on their little…
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Wisdom is a Noisy Lady – Proverbs 1
How much noise can you tolerate? Because of my sensitive hearing, I withdraw from situations where the noise level is uncomfortably loud. If I’m behaving foolishly, however, I want wisdom to raise her voice. In the first chapter of Proverbs there’s a…
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Boundaries are a Good Thing, part 2
Continued from Boundaries are a Good Thing, part 1. As I reached down to tickle her neck and laugh with her silliness, a car sped around the corner. It screeched to narrowly avoid hitting a wayward dog loping down the…