Breaking Out of the Box
We’ve all heard the saying “Think OUTSIDE the Box” which means think more creatively. But I heard my grandkids’ youth pastor speak about “Getting Out of the Box” completely on Sunday night. I was able to attend the youth service at their church in Frisco, TX on Sunday night. Over 200 “praising and worshipping” kids…
Flying By the Seat of My Pants = Kisses From Heaven
Missing my home church service yesterday morning because of timing, I headed out for Texas. It was a spendidly gorgeous day with the sun shining so brilliantly. I was bound and determined to attend service somewhere, and as it turned out, the timing was perfect for me to stop in Durant, OK. Durant has a…
Remembering to Write It Down
It’s just too busy in this world for us to just rely on our noggin to remember it all. And to add to it, the older we get the tendency is to forget even more…..especially some really important things…..things that matter, like a birthday of a close friend, picking up a child at school, a…
Ever Felt Like You Were Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall…. OR a Glass Window?
While up at our Hyde Park clubhouse on Wednesday, I kept hearing a bird banging into the windows, over and over again. On Thursday, one of my friends sent this text to me: “Drama at the clubhouse today — a female bird keeps flying into the window from the maple tree — male just moving…
Where is Your Safe Zone?
With the sun up, I could assess any damages around my place from the violent winds in the thunderstorms and tornadic activity that came through Tulsa on Tuesday night. Except for a lot of petals from my rose bush on the ground, it seemed all was well. Thanks be to God. When I turned on…
Rose & Marci aka Thelma & Louise aka Lucy & Ethel
Early yesterday morning, a few of us in my community sent off two of our neighbors to California. They’re driving in Rose’s truck and will be staying, nightly, in their new cozy travel trailer. These two fun-loving widows, who met here in Hyde Park two-plus years ago, have become best of friends. A 3-week journey…
Train Up a Child in the Way He Should Go
My husband and I grew up as “church” kids. Our parents made sure we were in church every time the doors opened – Sunday School, Sunday morning and night services, Wednesday night service, Thursday night youth services, and when an evangelist came into town, church was every night of the week. My best friends were…
Not Just WHAT, but WHY and WHO
It’s a dose of “merry heart” medicine when Michael Jr. speaks. He’s a renown Christian comedian and he delivers his straight-faced, low-key humor with a style all his own, and right in the middle of it….he conveys God’s Word that brings revelation while putting comedy snug between truths. He did that this weekend at Life.Church.…
God’s Three Answers to Your Prayers
Years ago, I fell down a flight of stairs — 12 steps from top to bottom…..on MY bottom. I felt like a compressed-together accordion. I had a serious back injury and lived in pain, even after many chiropractic and medical treatments. For years we prayed for my healing. We moved to Shawnee, OK, where we…
Good Morning, Sunshine!
Is that you that we’re talking to? Are you a ray of sunshine when you get up in the morning? I make it a point to be. I don’t need an alarm clock — mine is built-in — usually, right on time between 6:00 am and 6:30 am. I get up, get my thermal mug…