• And I Will Walk At Liberty

    So, I’m a little late getting my July calendar up and running for all those following the series. I’ve been in transition – again – and just haven’t taken time to put anything together. This time, however, the transition has been good – no, strike that – it’s been GREAT! I’m serving once again in a ministry that was near and dear to my late husband, and it’s been a pleasure and an honor to see the legacy he left behind thriving and growing and making a difference in the lives of men and women and their families. As I pondered what verses to use on the calendar this month, I found myself searching for something relating to freedom…after all, we are celebrating Independence Day…

  • Life’s Complicated Steps

    In the back of the building where I work, there’s a fence row that divides the property of my employer and a homeowner residing on the other side. The fence top is layered in barbed wire and circular safety guards, much like you see in prison yards to keep prisoners from escaping. Throughout the length of the fence, limbs and branches of trees have entwined themselves in the spiked wires, creating one mess of tangled confusion. As I slid into my parking space this morning, I noticed a rather large squirrel begin his journey across the top of the fence. He maneuvered himself in and out, around and about the entanglement of tree branches and spikey barbed wire. I cringed for him…watching him was painful and I…