Quieting the Overwhelming “Whys”
Questions Need Soul Answers-Psalm 131 I could feel the depression creep into my skin like an insidious attack of insects looking for a winter home in which to roost.…
Author: Janis Van Keuren
The Yiddish Meal That Heals All Your Ills
Youngest was on a gym court again, challenging a few guys to a basketball game. Nothing out of the ordinary. He played Varsity in high school and was named…
A Time to Harvest
Centerpiece on our kitchen table Cooler, fall weather whistled through the maple trees on campus today and the smell of a campfire drifted on the air. As I gazed…
The Blessings Keep Flowing
It’s been a while since I have put a number to all the thank yous my heart holds for the Lord. The blessings have overflowed: 683) the…
Thinking On the Lovely
“Whatever is lovely…think about such things” “You worry too much,” my cousin wrote the words that so aptly describe the workings of my mind. Just a few weeks ago…
Magic Cookie Bars
With only a half hour left of Friday, I’m finally getting around to posting the recipe for the cookie bars that I made last weekend. Our church is the…
A Chance to Meet IRL
Sharon and I enjoying a moment at the cafe outside of her church Last weekend while I was in California, I had the rare privilege of meeting one…
A New Heart Reaching For the Son
I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of…
Recording His Benefits
The orange glow of the sun ball slipped behind the ocean, streaming gold and apricot rays across the Western horizon. We curved across Pacific Coast Highway into the restaurant…
Celebrating Life~One Shining Moment
The bumper sticker tacked up on the laundry room bulletin board draws your eye whenever you exit the house: “Life~What a Beautiful Choice.” It’s a reminder to all of…
