I have a fight with myself every day. Every day I tell myself to go for a walk. But then the excuses slip in the door. “It’s cold and...

A year of ups and downs, huh? “Ups?” you say? Yes, despite what’s happened, I am determined to keep #lookingup. A year ago Sunday I flew...

Halfway into the closet months of COVID last year, I found myself just paralyzed. I seemingly couldn’t put one foot in front of the other...

When I taught high school English, Romeo and Juliet provided many an example of the oxymoron–a short figure of speech that has...

I am betting more people than normal will be using the word “grace” this week. “Will you say the grace?” After all, some kind of giving...

Yesterday I was in such a funk. Because of winds up to 70 mph, the power went off around 10:30 in the morning and remained off all day...

Christmas is coming, and as I find myself making a Christmas list for my immediate family of 20, plus other family and friends, I...

Hope: n. desire accompanied by expectation of or belief in fulfillment I can have hope for a good future because I trust God. I do not...

Ever had someone cuss you out in a nonstop blue streak of the worst possible names? I have. I tell you, teachers put up with a lot. When...

Jesus included everyone in the conversation. He spoke with a Samaritan woman–who wasn’t part of the Jewish faith in-crowd, being half-Jew...

Scripture says that God will reign over the earth. When I think about figurehead kings and queens around the world, I wonder how others...

As a board member of The Sierra Schools Foundation, I recently helped coordinate efforts to bring social-emotional training to our small...

The last two days I have shared two of the three callings I know that God has laid on me, as well as how they have played out in my life....

Yesterday I shared the first of three calls I know God put on my life. The first was this: “I want you to write for me” in 1986. Three...

he greatest torture I could inflict on our gregarious daughter was to banish her to her room. She thrived on the company of others, so...

Warnings. Words of advice. Gut feelings. Cautionary tales. Do we pay attention? Do I listen to others’ counsel and pay attention to their...

We drove to church yesterday, with a black wall to our right half of the way to Reno. Wildfires licked up just about every spot of green...

What kinds of limitations have you put on yourself? “I’m a woman–that’s a man’s job.” “I didn’t get a college education so . . . “ “My...

I often paint an idyllic picture of my little town with photos that I post on my personal Facebook page. Quaint houses and cute churches....

I don’t know another time when I’ve felt I’ve lived just about every line of this famous piece of poetry written by King Solomon from...