This is a 2018 advent devotional I wrote for the women in our church...
“Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man. He turned the sea to dry land; they passed through the river on foot. There did we rejoice in him, who rules by his might forever...” Ps. ...
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Two Days at Colonial Williamsburg
Recently, we took a short trip to Colonial Williamsburg. We’ve been studying early American history, so the timing was perfect.
I visited Williamsburg as a 10-year-old child. I had some vague memories of it, but it was fun to go back and see some of the things I remembered and to take ...
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Everything is Meaningless?
Have you read Ecclesiastes recently? It's unbelievable that something written so many centuries ago can still be so relevant for today. But we serve a living God that has given us a living word. (Heb. 4:12)
No matter the time or place in history, people have questioned the meaning of life. Is ...
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Family Reunions
Western NY still feels like home. It has been more than half my life ago that I lived there, but the open country and farms scattered on rolling hills still speak to me like no other land in this country. We have lived in beautiful places—nestled between two majestic mountain ranges in Washington ...
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A-frame Chicken Coop and a New Flock of Laying Hens
Ever since we had our chickens a few years ago, we knew we wanted to get a new flock when we settled again. As we searched for new houses, we looked for a place with a large space for the kids to play and space for chickens. Fresh eggs are amazing and I find the hens to be endlessly ...
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