Handling Hard Days
This is a crazy month for me. I have both of my feet in braces due to two separate injuries and I am directing a summer camp, which requires me to be on my feet most of the day. Moms,
A Day in My Life in 2009 and the Lesson I Learned from a Seven-Year-Old
Since I have blogged for many years and for different platforms, I often run across a blog from years ago. I love reading something I have written about my grandkids when they were little. It takes me right back to
Does your mind wander?
Hey RIG fam! I’ve got a super short read for you today and it feels mighty appropriate for it to be brief. Why? Because I’m sending this one out to all my fellow squirrel brain people. I get you. I
Paint the Picture of Truth
The table was low to the ground and guests were reclining on a type of couch, with their feet away from the table. This does not describe the painting of the Last Supper we know so well. The artist, Leonardo
Keep on, Keeping On
We have a pool. That means we have a constant pile of wet beach towels in front of my washing machine. I don’t mind the towels in a pile so much, but when my grandkids were all elementary school age,
God says your perfect
It’s hard to not look to others for validation. After all, it’s people who hold our hearts and hopes. Our employer holds our future job opportunities. Our friends are our support system. Our family is our lifeblood. This is all
Are you test ready?
Friday night football, backpacks, new clothes, homework, book reports, mediocre lunches. Does that list sound familiar? If you pretended you were on the game show The Pyramid and answered, “Things associated with school” you would have won the prize. Reading the list may have
Bring Them With You
God and I have several special places we like to be together, but it was clear I wasn’t going to be experiencing any of them that particular morning. The house was bursting with grandchildren. Translated that means scant private time with God on
Can God Use You? And Me?
Can you explain why God chose a few fishermen, a tax collector, a pessimist, a doubter, one with a quick temper, another who was impatient, one chosen last and some barely mentioned? No idea? Okay, here’s another question: Can you find yourself in that list
Start fresh with Jesus
One day in December we received a surprise we didn’t want. Not all surprises are fun, right? We discovered bed bugs had entered our house through a newly purchased upholstered headboard. It was a terrible discovery! It was shocking and