November comes And November goes, With the last red berries And the first white snows. With night coming early, And dawn coming late, And ice in the bucket And frost by the gate. The fires burn And the kettles sing, And earth sinks to rest Until next spring. ~Elizabeth Coatsworth
It is summer in the San Joaquin Valley, without a doubt. We've had high temps between 105° and 110° for the past two weeks! Okay, I know that's nothing compared to Palm Springs and Phoenix, where they recorded 120° — but for me it's been HOT! And...and, we've been running the 'swamp cooler' in the studio.… Continue reading summer fun
The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become. _Heraclitus Heraclitus of Ephesus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, and a native of the city of Ephesus, then part of the Persian Empire Long before this philosopher penned his sage… Continue reading who will you become?
What is real happiness anyway? How can you tell if you’re really happy? Happiness seems less a matter of getting what you want than a matter of how you feel about what you have. It has little to do with how well things are going and everything to do with the ability to adapt to… Continue reading small steps to happiness
A New Goal As we say "goodbye to April and welcome May I have a new goal for my spiritual walk: to live in Breathless Expectation of what each day holds. Over the weekend I was rearranging books in the library and came upon a copy of the classic devotional by Oswald Chambers, "My Utmost… Continue reading breathless expectaion
At close of day, my thoughts go out to those friends who have lost loved ones, faced medical emergencies, received a bad report from their doctor or experienced another life changing situation in the past few days. For those friends, life was changed forever in an instant. Dear Hearts, we never know what tomorrow will… Continue reading bless them often
This week we have had an opportunity to revisit that age old question, "Does God Still Heal Today?" This is not a question believers ever need to ask. God's Word answers the question very specifically. For that reason, I'm sharing (in PDF format) a study that we've used for years. My prayer is that you will… Continue reading healing?
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