“The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain.  ‘Turn and set your journey’” Deuteronomy 1:6-7 (NAS)I received this word from the Lord years ago, and then nothing happened.  Pushing and pressing trying to make...

Knowing the Will of God can be difficult.  Trying to walk with confidence in His Will is difficult when we can only see as far as the next step.But God's plan is not based on our understanding, but on our obedience to simply take the next step.  To do what...

 I love to talk with people whose walks of life are different from my own.  Though their walk may be different each person has a story of joy and sorrow.  The blacksmithing conference at Tannehill State Park  brought together people...

The Season is changing again, as it always does.   Ducks flying in V-formation to the ponds, soaking in the golden sun.The air begins to cool, but the ground holds its warmth a little longer.A little older, a little wiser, a little more gentle toward...

I became accustomed to sleeping with the lamp on and my Bible in the bed with me after someone began stalking me and making threatening phone calls.  I would hear noises outside, but the police could never find anyone.  I had spent so much money trying to...

Our Children know that it is a special day when I make Gumbo.  It usually takes about 2 days to make, so I only do it on special occasions.  Day 1 is Chop and Stock day.  I chop up all the ingredients and begin making the stock that the Gumbo is built...

Days have gone into months, and now into years since if first began writing about those dark days. Looking back it seems like I am telling you about a movie I have seen.  "Did I really survive that?", I ask myself.  It seems to hard to believe.  It was...

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I would like you to meet a friend of mine, her name is Kimberly Smith.  Kimberly has been a missionary to Sudan and Congo while a civil war rages around her and the orphans she cares for and protects.  She and her husband Milton head up Make Way Partners....

Nathan pushed Nonna into the ditch.  Within moments, she heard Nathan's mother scream his name, then Nathan's small, lifeless body fell on top of Nonna, still holding the bread she had given him earlier.  Covered in mud and Nathan's blood, Nonna held very...

This morning Joseph and I were riding in the car listening to public radio.  The Battle Hymn of the Republic was playing and I was taken back in time to Jr. High and our Glee Club.  Each year we would have a concert of all the songs we had learn that year...

Our little Gianna was born Thursday, May 5.  During my daughter's pregnancy, I felt impressed of the Lord, that Gianna was a prayer intercessor.  So I began to pray that the Lord would write His Word on the tablets of her heart and from an early age, begin...