Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Arrogance. Yep, what none of us have. Take me for example: humble, honest and willing to grow. That is until I bombed ANOTHER writing contest. As I judged the Carol Awards, I tried to offer constructive criticism. After all, if a writer (or anyone) wants to grow, she needs to see her …[ read more ]

 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour” Matt 25:13. I believe in the boy scouts–be prepared. If we are, no evil, which is common to man, would ever overtake us. I.E. my house, which is on the market, would be clean when the realtor wanted to show it. Anyone …[ read more ]

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 Ah. The bassoon . Who could ever create a finer sound and look so cool doing so? My dream, ever since I saw it in high school concerts, was to play one. But I never got a …[ read more ]

Heb 12:15 See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.   Crawling on hands and knees, I curse (quite Christianly) the ground cover I once thought innocuous. The former owner of my home had planted it in the garden, …[ read more ]