June 16, 2018 Biblical Film Adaptations In this world, the entertainment industry often gets inspiration or ideas from books to transform into movies. Of course, as a writer, I like to point out to the girls that every movie started as the written word (aka written or typed scripts). One [...]
June 13, 2018 Relax and Rest Sometimes I just feel overwhelmed with thoughts. I feel like my mind is going to blow a fuse (or already has blown through a few and I’m on the last one, staring at an empty box and praying this one holds). I’ve taught myself [...]
May 27, 2018 “The Fallen” Sometimes art inspires me. Sometimes it’s hard to visualize large numbers. These memorials do an excellent job. I’ve heard of the origin of Decoration Day (Memorial Day) and often thought about the hearts of the women decorating the graves of fallen soldiers during the War [...]
April 23, 2018 Understanding and Choosing Forgiveness Sometimes things make us irritated. Loss, waste, and destruction of life are hot spots for me. We have livestock. Honestly, I can shrug off an owl or hawk picking off a young chicken. I can understand the predators are getting food and my [...]
April 1, 2018 Happy Easter! Easter is a celebration of new life: Once upon a time a man was charged with many crimes. It appeared he’d lived a lifetime of crime. The incriminating evidence was there. Even the accused knew the judge would convict him – he was guilty. He’d [...]
March 24, 2018 “War Room” Thoughts Have you seen “War Room?” If not, please do so! It’s a wonderful movie that my children watch at least once every week or so. Miss Clara is their favorite character. Just in case you haven’t seen it, I’ll give you a tiny run [...]
Sometimes we seem to pick up on the neatest of hidden gems in movies. Just some thoughts from a discussion about a movie we watched! [...]
My quest to eradicate nagging from my life [...]
October 20, 2017 What to Say? It doesn’t matter how you get the message. A man in uniform, a hospital doctor, a call from their job, a letter from a mission council: it doesn’t matter the messenger, when you hear “we regret to inform you…” with the universal calm sadness [...]
This is what music does... [...]