November is the month of Thanksgiving. (Yes, it’s almost here AGAIN!) On Facebook many of my friends are writing daily posts about the things they are thankful for. It goes without saying that most of […]
Let Go and Abide
Here is a picture of balloons in flight. God wants you to know, I see and know you inside and out. Allow a fresh wind of my Spirit to blow in and through all the […]
A Shout Out to our VCNP staff and volunteers.
Henri Nouwen once said, “Community is where humility and glory touch. However, community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves […]
He Hears You/Él Te Escucha (Bilingual)
We know God hears us, but do you really know God hears your voice even in little things? Maybe, this morning you woke up on the wrong side of the bed and you just want to […]
“Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda…”
My favorite author, Henri Nouwen, said this, “The real enemies of our life are the ‘oughts’ and the ‘ifs.’ They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable future. But real […]
It’s In The Bank!
Many years ago, I had the privilege of hearing Gracia Burnham speak at a Women’s Bible study. For 17 years, Gracia and her husband Martin were missionaries in the Philippines. In 2001 while on a […]
Don’t give up!
Theodore Roosevelt said, “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who pointes out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs […]
Solitude…
Happy October, friends! We made it! All of our summer sweating is about to pay off! I am so enjoying this weather right now, I am sure you are too. It seems like the word […]
A Dangerous Weapon/Un Arma Poderosa
One of my daily prayers for years to our Father is to help me to use my mouth to lift up others. It is a need to pray this daily because our mouth is a […]
Change
Life is full of change. I often don’t like it. This year has brought the death of my Mother, putting my father in a nursing home, and my daughter leaving for college, (and just recently […]