• “Teach them friendship” is the title of an article by college professor, Bryan Baise in Mere Orthodoxy.  At the end of his discussion he notes, “Masculinity cannot be fixed by presidents, politicians, or platformed theologians clamoring into the void that ‘they alone can fix it.’  It will take slow, deliberate work that recognizes men are…

  • Dear Ones, Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! Too bad the Vikings had such a big loss!! Today I am going to bake and to go to Aldi’s and to my exercise class. Devotions from Judy’s heart There are times that something just clicks in your mind as you read it and you want to…

  • Dear Ones, Hope you are enjoying the weekend and not buried in snow! I plan to bake cookies and clean the apartment. I did lots of baking yesterday and most of it goes in the freezer. Devotions from Judy’s heart We begin Advent tomorrow and prepare for Christmas, a blessed time of the year, or…

  • Dear Ones, Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We had such an enjoyable day visiting a friend and going to the Lake to spend Thanksgiving with Ann’s family. We had a delicious feast with everything we could possibly want and two desserts to top it off. I also had a scrabble game with the 3…

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  • Dear Ones, I wonder if you are waking to heaps of snow out your window. It is too dark to see how much we got last night and when it gets light I will have to decide if I am going to my exercise class. We have crafts this afternoon and it is a time…

  • Dear Ones, Hope you have a blessed day! I plan to do food prep and later we are going to visit friends for a time of fellowship and prayer if the weather holds out. The question for this week is, when have you experienced the Lord bringing something positive and good in your life from…

  • The prophecy of Ezekiel contains strange visions, images, and messages that seem very remote from our every day life in America.  Ezekiel prophecy was delivered during the difficult days of Judah’s exile in Babylon (605-538 bc).  He was writing to people who would not accept that God was at work in the midst of their…

  • Dear Ones, Hope you had a good weekend. Not so good for the Vikings though.  We had a wonderful and meaningful Thanksgiving service and pie social last night. Today I plan to Aldi’s and my exercise class. Devotions from Judy’s heart I would suspect we have all had times in our Christian lives when we…

  • Dear Ones, Happy weekend to you! What gorgeous weather we are having for this time of the year. So glad for Kurt and friends at the lake. Today I plan to clean and finish decorating for Christmas. Devotions from Judy’s heart I hope each of us really knows that we are not in control. If…