In the days and weeks that have passed since the death of my sister, Lucy Bender, one of the ways I’ve honored […]

He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing (Zephaniah […]

BEAVER COUNTY BOOK FEST! I’m very tardy at posting these pictures from this September 8 event, but I thought you might still […]

Last Tuesday evening as I battled exhaustion, the Holy Spirit spoke to me clearly. “Let up on the throttle.” I knew exactly […]

Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees (Hebrews 12:12 NIV). My friend, Frannie, had just gotten a job offer so challenging […]

On Tuesday, August 14, I finished the draft of Sarah’s Legacy Shared I’ve been working on and prepared to begin the critique […]

Donn and I have an empty nest and live rather orderly lives most of the time. But for the past month or […]

On August 15 we were shocked to learn that my oldest sister, Lulie*, was lying unresponsive in a hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, […]

Whether it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the Lord our God (Jeremiah 42:6 NIV).  “But I don’t always want to […]

We’ve been talking about warnings for a number of weeks—warnings in general and warnings from God―as well as our response to them. […]