No Greater Love…

“No one shows greater love than when he lays  down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 isv This is one of “those” posts.  The kind that I have been working on for days.  How to word it just right.  Typing and retyping in an effort to express deep emotions while accurately sharing my heart…

Where Were You?

Remembering is part of life. There’s the good remembering. And then there is the painful remembering. The kind of remembering that produces tears, grief and often a thought in the back of your mind, “What else is going to happen?”   I know that September 11th is the day that changed our country forever. It…

The ICU Waiting Room

We have never had to sit in an ICU waiting room  for very long, until Karl’s accident. I had no clue what it would be like, and, frankly, the powerful emotions that have been present are hard to put into words. Both Dw and I agreed, the thoughts and feelings that whiz through your heart and…

Could it be YOU?

The Boss-man asked me if I would do a post for him…. I should have told him I would for a Starbucks or something, right?  Here’s the scoop… Dw and Emmy are leading a GO team to Uganda…. Could You be One He Is Calling To Go with Them? Plans are underway and this team…

If God Told Me To, I Would

Not long after moving to our community {almost 7 years ago} I had opportunity to have breakfast with a woman {about my age} who serves with a ministry here in our town.  A couple of other times we have met and talked.  The last time we had breakfast together, the conversation turned to the orphan…

5th Sunday

Since this is my “diary” of sorts for my family to read someday, I just have to share about today. It is a 5th Sunday.  That means that we combine our services, the place is standing room only packed. Dw started the service off with introducing a couple from our worship team who are adopting…

Emma and I Are Lookin’ For:

a  group of crazy, fun lovin’ gals who want to make a difference in this life, who believe that orphans are the sweetest treasures of God, who think working at a feeding program in the slums  is truly being Jesus’ hands and feet, who aren’t afraid of loving till it hurts, who aren’t squeamish about…

Just In Case….

Sunday I had the privilege of speaking both services at our church.   I thought some of you might want to hear it.   I spoke about Nets.   You just have to click here:   The River Church And as far as Memorial Box Monday:  Our internet was down yesterday {argh}so I was unable to  write a post…