Monthly Archives: January, 2016
Solomon’s Temple and . . . Me!
If you think I am comparing myself to the splendor of that luxurious, opulent building, you would be wrong. Neither am I contrasting my weaknesses, shabbiness to the Temple. It is a phrase that caught my attention yesterday. In Second Chronicles 2, Solomon sets out to build this majestic building to house the Ark of …
Birthdays
My oldest grandchild turned twenty this weekend. That made me do some deep thinking. That means I have been a grandparent for twenty years! Most days I just keep plodding along doing what I think is best for that day. I haven’t worked a “regular” job now for ten years so most of my days …
Memories of Winter in Wisconsin
Indulge me with a ramble from my youth. The weatherman is telling us it is bitterly cold outside tonight. Well, for a fact, it is cold, bitterly cold I question. Truthfully, I am glad to be inside and that my gas furnace is functioning. Something just grates on me, however, when I see school delays …
William H. Harrison (book review)
This book was published by Twenty-First Century Books, Minneapolis. The Copyright is 2007. I quite accidentally chose an author who is a descendent of Harrison. Meg Greene is a resident of Virginia. This book is in the juvenile section of our library although the readability is about sixth grade level. It has 108 pages and …
Batteries
Our power source. That big battery in the car, the batteries in the flashlight, the little button batteries that make the watch run—they are all a power source. This morning I went to my devotional group thinking that when I came back home I would need a little more heat. It is damp outside which …
A Sincere Apology
I neglected to read far enough down on the PDF of the story I published on my blog via a link today. It was a “preview” and of course, it is for sale. I truly don’t think any of my readers would copy it, reprint it, and put it out for sale but I also …
Houghed
The word is pronounced “hocked.” Yes, I researched the word. For some reason I remembered a sermon in which the pastor gave attention to the military device that David used as recorded in II Samuel 8 and I Chronicles 18. The word, houghed, means to hamstring or disable. The procedure could have been as easy …
The Shepherd's Presence 