Category: Christian Blog

  • Just Beyond the Gate

    Just Beyond the Gate

    I heard them the moment I opened the back door at 3 am. Our geriatric schnauzer scurried to his favorite spot for a potty break, but I hesitated. It was a whole pack of coyotes, yipping and howling, seemingly just on the other side of our six foot privacy fence. Using an exposed board as…

  • Gratitude on a Sliding Scale

    Gratitude on a Sliding Scale

    You may have noticed I’ve been posting every day this week, leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S. Well, despite the name of my site, I’ve rediscovered sharing daily is no easy task! Hat’s off to my excellent blogger friends out there who regularly do this. Kind reader, I’m fresh out of…

  • Thankful for Thorns

    Thankful for Thorns

    There was once a godly woman who lived in my little town. She was twice widowed and confined to a wheelchair, yet had the sweetest Christian spirit. Most days, Mrs. Freida never ventured outside her home, but friends lined up to see her or called her on the phone. People flocked to this dear sister…

  • Paying it Forward with Pancakes

    Paying it Forward with Pancakes

    It was the winter of 1991, and everything I owned was packed into my little car for the drive to Fort Worth, Texas. My seminary tuition was covered and I had a place to live, but that was it. I soon found a part time job that paid $425 per month. However, my car payment…

  • Too Many Coats

    Too Many Coats

    When the weather starts to turn cold it happens –the students at my elementary school start losing their coats and hoodies. Most of the time it’s innocent enough; kids get too hot on the playground, or in the gym, and the coats come off. Sometimes they remember to pick them up. Sometimes they don’t. The…

  • What Was That Again?

    What Was That Again?

    Have you ever misread the message on a tee shirt or bumper sticker? The fancy name for this is malapropism–when an incorrect word is used in a sentence that sounds like the correct word but means something completely different. A couple of months back, tensions boiled over at my workplace. I will shamelessly put a…