“Woven Together” – a Gathering of Friends

Months ago we began dreaming of the time women could once again gather to study, sing, pray and fellowship. We dreamed of days set aside solely to focus on how we have been and are being “woven together” through our Father – a retreat (but not a retreat), a conference (but not a conference). I tend to get hung up on definitions and these two words just really caused an inner struggle. Please bear with me a moment. The word...

Baseball, The Early Church and Jesus

We like sports in our home…we don’t just like them …I would probably say we love them. I am as non-athletic and coordinated as you can get but I am a consummate fan! My husband played collegiate basketball and after a career-ending injury became the first mascot for Harding. Before college, he had to make the decision to take the basketball scholarship from a Christian university or join the Mariners farm system out of high school as a pitcher. Four...

“Man of Sorrows, What a Name!”

  • May 14, 2021
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He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walk, – 1 John 2:6 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. – Galatians 2:20 I have climbed several mountains in my life: Elbert, Quandary, Shavano, and...

Poisoned Wells

  • May 8, 2021
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In 1854, during the reign of Queen Victoria, there was a cholera outbreak near Broad Street in Soho, London. The illness was on a rampage. Within three days, 127 people had perished, and just ten days later, that death toll soared to over 500.  There was very little knowledge about illness or its transmission, but the theory that it was spread through the air was accepted by most people. That is, until a Soho doctor, Dr. John Snow, working closely...

Lessons from a Fruit Basket (For the Class of 2021)

Sometimes you have those moments where you know why Jesus tells us to be like little children… My 7 year old daughter Karis came home with a lesson she had learned in Bible from her 1st grade classroom.  Earlier that day, I had been asked to fill in to lead the Senior Blessing with our Class of 2021 girls…at that moment, the light switched flipped.   Instead of “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” (or 1st grade)–why...

Even If…In the Midst of a Fire

Am I your God?  A question I imagine our Heavenly Father asking me.  A question fitting and requires an honest answer.   This world is not our home.  But…we are here.  We are here fulfilling the purpose of glorifying our Heavenly Father. During that journey though, there will be times we may feel the pressure.  There will be times we may feel we are being pressured into a fiery furnace because we don’t bow down to the idols surrounding us. Sound...

One Year Later

As I sit in an airport delayed by snow showers in Flagstaff, I started pondering this past year.  I was in an airport almost a year to the day in Washington, D.C.  when we got the Flatten the Curve request.   A year later, I am wearing a mask, sitting six feet from my neighbor, one dose of vaccine completed, and well-versed in using apps to order takeout and groceries. I am the queen of great memes.  I was asked how...

The Chair

The Chair… this is part of a post I shared on Facebook. I did not share the complete story on social media but I will on my blog with my sisters in Christ. On social media we see people in a way in which they want to be seen.  In a blog or in a small group,we can be transparent and hopefully share our walk with others. Hebrews 11 of course, is our hall of fame of warriors for Christ,...

a mom looking back

  • March 13, 2021
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For Christmas our younger son and family gave their grandparents the gift of “StoryWorth”. Each week a question comes by email and they reply to the question. At the end of the year a book will be published with all these memories. My (Lee Ann) mom has had such great fun wandering down memory lane and retelling her stories. She was telling me about this weeks question and I felt it was worth sharing with each of you. Simple advice...

Teeth, Fear and Faith

  • March 6, 2021
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My daughter, Neely, is full of life with big blue eyes and her daddy’s humor. She laughs hysterically at anything related to flatulence, stands firm on all rules given and dissects life’s moments. As she grins ear to ear, a baby tooth dangles like a grape on a vine. My husband’s shivering response to my personal excitement as a dental hygienist is “that’s creepy, when will she lose that tooth?” You could assume wiggling out my daughter’s baby teeth would...