Beautiful, crisp Fall mornings. Daylight peaking it’s head up later and leaving sooner each evening. Trees changing color. All are evidence that the season is changing. I think I love living in the North so much because I can so visually see change through the seasons. It causes gladness and sometimes a sense of loss as…
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The Gift of Pondering
Ok, so it’s been way too long since we have posted. Maybe we (I) haven’t been doing what our blog name implies, pondering faith. Got too busy, too distracted, to take time to ponder. Today is a good day to begin again. It’s so good that God doesn’t condemn when we take those ‘sabbaticals’ . …
Read MorePreferring the rich
Want to be hit right to the core? Read James 2: 1-7 in the Bible. What happens when someone comes to your meeting who is dressed fancily, in the latest styles, and someone else comes in not quite so put together? It doesnt even need to be a stark contrast. Maybe one is overweight, or plain-looking, or…
Read MoreOde to Potatoes (A Poem for Lent)
Oh potato I love you No matter how you look You can be baked You can be loaded You can be scalloped or mashed Oh potato I love you No matter how you look You can be french fried You can be hashed You can even be chipped But today dear potato I’m laying you…
Read MoreWho’s batting for you?
Why is it that I only show true reliance on Jesus when I’m going through rocky times? I’ve been working on processing an answer to this difficult and disturbing question for the last few days. A few months back, I experienced a personal tragedy in my life that sent me running (really, beelining) to the Lord for…
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