Do you have a life of answered prayer? I do. I look over prayer journals from years past, and see prayer after prayer that God answered. One of the best answered prayers in my life is my husband, Tom. Yesterday was our 39th wedding anniversary. Hard to believe – the years have flown by! There …
From Worship Experiences
Remembering Those on the Front Lines
On this Memorial Day Weekend, I am remembering those on the front lines. Memorial Day has always been a day to remember those who gave their lives in service to our country. We usually remember those who lost their lives in wars or military actions. Sometimes we expand that remembrance to include family members and …
Persistence Is Better than Perfection
One of my strengths is persistence. I am a turtle by nature. I would rather break a task down into small pieces and tackle each piece in its turn instead of work like a crazy person to get something done up against a deadline. There have been very few times I haven’t had something finished …
Magnum PI and Our Proper Place
Tom and I have been watching way too much television while the park is closed. Magnum PI (the 1980’s version) is on one of our channels with episodes at 3, 4, 5, and 6 p.m. While the park was open we watched one episode most days and enjoyed it. But lately we have been watching …
Burdens Too Heavy to Bear
I recently re-read Corrie Ten Boom’s book “The Hiding Place.” Corrie and her family hid and cared for Jewish families in the Netherlands during World War II. They were arrested and her father and sister died in concentration camps. Corrie survived and began a new career as an inspirational speaker, teaching about God’s love and …
Killing Time When Time Seems Stuck
A woman recently came to Fort Frederica with her dog to walk around. She told me she was killing time for a while because every day was the same during the stay at home order. I have never liked the expression “killing time” and I like it even less as I get older. Yes, I …
Alone Together and Celebrating Easter
How was your Easter celebration? Did it feel like Easter as you celebrated alone together? Tom and I had a very nice Easter. After several people asked, I put together a short worship service for the volunteers here in the park and some of the staff. There were nine people all together, so it was …
Afraid, Yet Filled with Joy
On this Easter Sunday, how are you feeling? Easter is the most joyous day of the year for me and I always look forward to a church filled with people singing “Alleluia, Christ is risen!” But this year we are not in a church filled with people. Instead, we are home with a multitude of …
Jesus Christ Is the Same in a World of Uncertainty
Today is Palm Sunday. The first Palm Sunday in my life that I am not in a worship service of some kind. And it isn’t because I am working at the park or too far from a worship service to attend. It is because church is closed due to coronavirus. There are a lot of …
Standing Between the Living and the Dead
In Numbers 16, the Israelites are grumbling against Moses and Aaron – again. The chapter starts with outright disobedience among some of the priests. “Who do Moses and Aaron think they are, to set themselves above us?” they say. God opens up the earth which swallows these disobedient men and their families. But the next …