• Dear Ones, Happy Christmas eve day! I don’t usually write on Sundays but want to wish you a blessed Christmas! We are heading to the Lake to worship at our son-in-law’s church, and plan to stop and see a friend in Assisted living on the way. Tomorrow we will go to the cities and I’m…

  • Dear Ones, Hope you are having a peaceful weekend as you prepare for Christmas. I spent much of yesterday in the kitchen and today I am going to clean and pack. We will be celebrating tomorrow by going to Church in Hackensack and then to Ann’s for Christmas dinner. We plan to be home for…

  • Dear Ones, Happy weekend to you! Yesterday we spent in the cities at our son-in-law’s mother’s funeral. It was a beautiful service and a powerful sermon by the pastor, who outlined Shirley’s influence on so many people who were touched by her. Devotions from Judy’s heart   When we gather for Christmas with family, are…

  • Dear Ones, Hope you have a day filled with His love. Soon we will be going this morning to the cities for the funeral for Leif’s mom. She was ready to go and is spending Christmas in glory and for that we rejoice, but hard for family as she is missed. Another funeral next week…

  • Dear Ones, Hope your day is full of trust! The house is full of aroma as I just baked Al’s cookies and he is sampling them right now. Later I will be going to my exercise class, Crafts and Bible Study. Devotions from Judy’s heart   Are there times in our lives that we wonder…

  • Dear Ones, May you wake to a hope-filled day! We are going to go out for lunch today with good friends from the lake. We enjoyed a party yesterday also and got to know our new neighbors better. Devotions from Judy’s heart   When we were young, we desired to grow up quickly and be…

  • The Gospel Coalition website offers an article by Trevin Wax entitled 60 years of ‘Honest to God’.  Sixty years ago, I was a young freshman at Augsburg College, having spent the previous two years at a Lutheran Bible school in California.  As a recent convert determined not to lose his faith, I had my testimony…

  • Dear Ones, Hope you had a wonderful weekend! We had our children’s Christmas program during our church service yesterday. Today I have egg dishes in the oven and later going to my exercise class and then we have a party downstairs. We feel blessed to live in this place where we get together with friends…

  • Dear Ones, Happy weekend! Getting closer to Christmas and I am making more cookies. Today Ann is stopping by and we are meeting with a friend who is going through loss. Devotions from Judy’s heart   We are all born with innate creativity, and we need to be free to express it in unique ways.…

  • Dear Ones, Happy weekend to you! The house is full of aroma as I made a casserole and bread and cookies and Al is sampling right now! Thank you for your prayers yesterday for our son and you can read about it today. Devotions from Judy’s heart   We are in the season of Advent as…