Dear Ones, It looks to be a beautiful sunny day again and the birds are tweeting in the tree outside my window. I have a new Mexican dish made and Ann may stop in later today. We enjoyed time yesterday with friends we have known from long ago and fun to catch up. Devotions from…
Justin Lee, Associate Editor at First Things, got my attention with an article entitled, “Rewilding American Christianity.” He references Umberto Eco, who maintains we are living in a New Middle Age. Back in 1983, Eco saw the Pax Americana collapsing: “First of all, a great peace that is breaking down, a great international power that…
Dear Ones, A new week beginning and hope you had a restful weekend. This morning I will doing food prep and going to my exercise class and then we have company coming. It is the Best Man from our wedding long ago and his wife and it is always a fun time full of laughter! …
Dear Ones, Hope you are having a great weekend and time to get refreshed. I just finished doing food prep and cleaning the apartment. It is a beautiful sunny day and perfect for a walk on the trail. Devotions from Judy’s heart Lately I have been proofreading the book that a good friend is…
Dear Ones, Happy Weekend to you! Yesterday afternoon Al and I went to see Sound of Freedom and it is worth seeing. I kept reminding myself during the movie that this actually happened, and a man sacrificed so much to rescue a young girl and many others. Today I am going to do some baking…
Dear Ones, Hope you are having a sunny day! Our house is filled with aroma as a pot of stew is simmering. Al is back from Men’s group and this afternoon we have Bible Study here. Devotions from Judy’s heart While coming back from our walk on the Paul Bunyan trail yesterday, we noticed…
Dear Ones, Hope you had a wonderful time celebrating yesterday and maybe capped it off with Fireworks too. The house is full of aroma as I just baked choc chip cookies on a stick and sampled one of them. Soon I am going to my exercise class and errands and later walk on the trail.…
Dear Ones, Happy Fourth of July! May freedom reign in our hearts for when we know the Lord, we can walk each day in grace because we are pardoned and set free. Devotions from Judy’s heart Are we living our life with purpose and passion for God or are we living our life for ourselves…
I lead a Bible study in our apartment building. We all have gray hair. I encourage us to visualize the effects of our prayers for our loved ones as we experience “the rising up of the gray hairs.” We read in Ps. 20:7-8, “Some nations boast of their chariots and horses, but we boast in…
Dear Ones, Hope you are having a wonderful holiday time and keeping cool. Al and I went to the lake yesterday afternoon and joined over 2 dozen of the relatives for a picnic, swim, games etc. Loved seeing everyone and was a fun time. I just finished making Al’s cookies and soon going to Aldi’s…