Yesterday it was one year since my father passed away. I have trouble believing a year has passed already! Even in the midst of it all, God has been good. I recorded a podcast yesterday, which was posted today, and I’ll link to it below. I also posted a video of the podcast on my […]
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Greater Love Has it ever seemed to you that Jesus was asking you to step up and step out of your comfort zone so that He could use you to show His love to someone, even when it was REALLY hard? I’ve had many moments like that over the past year, and the most difficult
In-Home Concert Livestream from 1/18/2024 Here’s a replay of my second attempt at livestreaming a concert from home. It was a bit of a challenge to get it all working (doing it by myself, so trying to wear many hats at once!). Thankfully, I kept going nonetheless, and it came out OK in terms of
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Resembling Parents? As you have matured, have you ever noticed that you look more and more like your father or mother? A bit frightening sometimes, huh!? Has your father ever said something like “You’re just like your mother” or your mother said “You’re just like your father”. If your parents are happily married, maybe that
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Downpours Has your life lately been like a parched wasteland, with a barren expanse where there used to be abundant water? Has life come upon you or your loved ones like a torrential storm, ready to engulf you and overwhelm any hope of getting back to “normal”? God is more than able to use those
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This is one of the most beautiful, memorable and personally poignant songs I have been blessed to record over the years. The song itself is unique and simple (more about that below). There are no big scriptural or theological truths in it, although the lyrics harken poetically at times to a passage or two. The
Well, as I’ve been “threatening”, I finally tried my hand at livestreaming yesterday! It was a bit of a challenge, to say the least, but at least it was a start! My video camera would not cooperate with my software, and since I’d set a schedule, I went ahead and used my laptop camera (which
A very Merry Christmas to you! As we continue to prepare our hearts during this Advent Season, here is a link to a video I posted a couple years ago while society was largely shut down due to the fears caused by Covid policies. Since there was little “in person” singing, I put out a
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Here is a video from several years back that includes a song called “Treasured”, which I wrote along with my husband. It begins with an explanation of how the song came about–pondering the many things that Mary likely treasured in her heart during the upbringing of this Holy Child in their midst (besides those mentioned
THE KING IS BORN A few passages in 1 Kings stood out recently, seeming to reinforce each others’ points. Even though they were speaking of King Solomon when written, they seemed to be pointing to Christ in their fulness. It’s a bit striking that Solomon (King David’s son who finally succeeded him as king) who
MANNA FROM MY FATHER’S HAND # 20 (Originally posted 9/16/2023) THE WILDERNESS WALK (Part 7) Pondering the Paradise Path In comparing our Christian walk with the Israelites’ sometimes weary walk through the wilderness, there finally comes the hope-filled moment of joy, when they actually REACH the Promised Land and cross over. While we are “this
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MANNA FROM MY FATHER’S HAND # 19 (Originally posted 9/8/2023) THE WILDERNESS WALK (Part 6) Derailments, Diversions, Distractions and Disillusionment Wow, FINALLY, we’re getting to the point that I had planned to make WEEKS ago … before the One-Who-leads-this-Wilderness-Walk led in so many unexpected ways. For true believers in Jesus Christ, the evil one cannot
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MANNA FROM MY FATHER’S HAND # 18 (Originally posted 9/2/2023) THE WILDERNESS WALK (Part 5) Be Not Afraid During a morning walk, the day after posting my last blog, while thinking of others’ anxious thoughts, and understanding why they might have concerns about various things, here was what crossed my mind: Surely, we need to
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Taking some time out of updating the blog content (with reposts from earlier this year) to say TODAY, that I wish you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for, by God’s grace. And I am thankful for YOU! I pray that you will be blessed this day,
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MANNA FROM MY FATHER’S HAND # 17 (Originally Posted 8/26/2023) THE WILDERNESS WALK (Part 4) Speed Bumps Only you can prevent speed bumps. What a curious and interesting sign I ran across in my travels in recent days. On the surface, of course, it’s urging folks to slow down and follow a slower speed limit
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MANNA FROM MY FATHER’S HAND # 16 (Originally posted 8/18/2023) THE WILDERNESS WALK (Part 3) I Can Hear You But I Can’t See You Hmmmmm. This journey is turning out to be longer than I EXPECTED (LOL, see last week’s blog post!) Because this past week has been so full and poignant, I’m getting this
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MANNA FROM MY FATHER’S HAND # 15 (Originally posted 8/10/2023) THE WILDERNESS WALK (Part 2) Expectations As we pass through what often seems like a wilderness on our way to the Better Land ahead, we are sojourners, temporary residents, even ambassadors from that other Kingdom. This morning, a verse I “happened” to read from Proverbs
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MANNA FROM MY FATHER’S HAND # 14 (Originally posted 8/3/2023) THE WILDERNESS WALK (Part 1) Do you ever catch yourself complaining in your heart, even though God has been SO GOOD to you and your loved ones? I need to continually push back against that tendency. The reason I’m even AWARE of it in myself
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MANNA FROM MY FATHER’S HAND # 13 (Originally posted 7/28/2023) (Click to read Streams of Mercy Part 1) STREAMS OF MERCY (Part 2) NEVER CEASING There’s a hymn we’ve been sharing in Church recently, and I also sang it at a mini-concert in Ocean Grove, NJ last month (I just released a video of that
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MANNA FROM MY FATHER’S HAND # 12 (Originally posted 7/21/2023) STREAMS OF MERCY (Part 1) We are so very aware of the storms and struggles in our lives. It seems to be our natural tendency to wish they would stop. Yet, often those very storms result in Living Water being able to flow in our
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MANNA FROM MY FATHER’S HAND # 11 (Originally posted on 7/14/2023) Link to Part 1 STONE OF HELP (Part 2) As I said in my last post, we have (in so many ways) become corrupted. We need HELP from above. We need His grace in order to stand firm on the Rock of our Salvation.
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MANNA FROM MY FATHER’S HAND # 10 (Originally posted 7/7/2023) Link to Part 2 STONE OF HELP (Part 1) We have, in so many ways, become corrupted. As a nation (in the USA, at least, and surely elsewhere as well), as representatives of “the Church” in our society, in our families, in our own lives… We
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MANNA FROM MY FATHER’S HAND # 9 (Originally posted June 29, 2023) What Are You Bringing? What are you bringing to the Table, the Tabernacle or the Temple? Whatever imagery or word you use, the question is–what has the Lord placed within you that He would have you offer as a gift to Him to
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MANNA FROM MY FATHER’S HAND # 8 (Originally posted June 22, 2023) MANNA–WHAT IS IT? Exactly. What is it indeed. In fact, I believe that’s what the word “Manna” actually means “what is it?” Exodus 16:13b-15 (NIV) “…in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. When the dew was gone, thin
From the original MANNA FROM MY FATHER’S HAND # 7 (Original post date 6/12/2023) WRAPPING IT ALL UP I will likely never know if all this “just happened” like things do as we normally age. Something about the WAY that it happened seemed “off” to me. It was as though his body just wouldn’t respond.
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(From the original MANNA FROM MY FATHER’S HAND # 6) Continuing on with my Dad’s story… Well, really, there was not much they could do for him. His body was simply not responding. He had issues going on with his heart, his breathing, his lack of appetite, his leg muscles rapidly declining, confusion…. It was
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Here is the video that accompanies the blog from yesterday (My Father’s Story–Part 5). CLICK IMAGE BELOW
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Before continuing with the retelling of my father’s story, here’s a heads up that Lord willing, tomorrow I intend to post the song I mention about half way through this post (called Holy One of Israel). I will try to link directly to the video from this post so that you can watch it. Listening
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(Originally posted in June 2023) Too Close to Home Continuing on with my father’s story…. (Sorry for the delay. This one has proven harder to start, not only because there has been a lot on my plate, but the content will likely begin to hit close to home as I remember what transpired over the
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MANNA FROM MY FATHER’S HAND # 3 (Originally posted in late May 2023) Continuing on with my Dad’s story…. When our Dad was first in the hospital and rehab (with what we saw as GBS), one of my sisters with her hubby went up to where he lived to be with him during that time,
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