Recently during the middle of a Saturday night church service dozens of smart phones around us started buzzing in response to a severe weather alert regarding a dangerous storm system moving through the valley. While […]
Author: Kathy Kurlin
I am a wife, mother, grandmother and published author of three books. My true passion is to share the Gospel through the written word. I may not be a Pulitzer Prize winning author, but God tells us to be faithful with "little things," ... so at my Lord's pleasure ... I use my "little writing gift" to write for Him.
A Message “Frozen” In Time
There’s nothing more irritating than having a really annoying song stuck in your head hour after hour, day after day. A few weeks ago I had a song from the movie Frozen stuck in my […]
Statistically Speaking …
It started with the worst headache of her life followed by an ambulance ride, a grueling five-and-a-half hour surgery and three weeks in I.C.U. Diagnosed with a brain aneurysm, my friend, Karen, found herself at […]
A Paint-By-Number Life
At the beginning of summer my grandson and I visited a local hobby store to stock up on summer entertainment projects. Hoping to avoid those, I’m bored and there’s nothing to do blues, we bought […]
KING-SIZED Forgiveness
Reading through the Old Testament recently, I noticed there are a number of repeating patterns whenever a new king was appointed. A king’s reign was defined as either, “He did what was pleasing in the […]
What’s Your Sauce?
It’s true that the older you get, the faster time flies. It tickles me to think that I’ve lived to an age that now allows me say things to my grandson like, “I remember what […]
Kingdom Happy
This past weekend my family and I took a short mini-vacation to the Magic Kingdom – Disneyland. Disneyland has been billed as the happiest place on Earth –which is entirely debatable if you’re a young […]
An English Lesson from Jesus: Punctuation Matters!
As a writer and an avid reader I find that I’m a bit persnickety when it comes to punctuation marks or the lack thereof. The improper placement of commas can be distracting to a story […]
Melting Hardened Hearts
It’s hard to go through life without having occasion to be wronged by someone at some point. If we’re human – and if we’re honest with ourselves, it can be difficult to ignore those feelings […]
Suddenly … Juicy Fruit
Ten years ago when my family moved into our current home, my husband, the avid gardener couldn’t wait to plant trees and shrubs in the back yard. He planted a dwarf grapefruit tree in a […]