How was your Christmas? This year we had a merry little Christmas, with the emphasis on little. Most of the things I consider Christmas traditions went by the wayside. I didn’t even attend a Christmas Eve service in person. Tom and I watched three of them online, but it just isn’t the same, no matter …
From Worship Experiences
One Size Fits All With Jesus
Have you ever ordered anything “one size fits all?” Did it fit? I must be an odd size because nothing like that ever fits me. Even when things come in sizes, I often have a hard time getting the right size, especially when it is a gift. For instance, I ordered a really cute sweatshirt …
Give Him an Inch and He Will Take an Ell
Have you ever heard the expression “Give him an inch and he will take an ell”? I had not. I am more familiar with the American expression “give him an inch and he will take a mile.” I ran across the expression in a chapter of C.S. Lewis’s “Mere Christianity.” An ell is an old …
You Only Taste the Water, I Taste the Gift
Recently I made some chocolate peanut butter cookies, which are Tom’s favorite. I started them early in the morning and had several trays of them cooling when Tom got up. He picked one up, tasted it, and said “These taste funny.” Not really the first thing I wanted to hear about these cookies. Rev Karen …
Top Ten Thankful List for Thanksgiving
Today I am posting my top ten thankful list. 2020 has been a difficult year full of challenges that aren’t over yet. Plans changed and our traveling has been very curtailed. But there are still so many things for which I am thankful and I thought I would share my top ten. Top Ten Thankful …
Dancing in Praise of God, Moving to the Spirit’s Beat
At one of the outdoor worship services at Lewis Center, the “Band on Hand” played a very lively praise song. I don’t remember which one it was, but I was tapping my toes and bouncing in my seat in the car. Most of the adults were content to sit in their seats. One little girl, …
God Covers the Trees in Glory
I have been loving this fall and the way God covers the trees in glory. Every morning when I take my walk, I remind myself to appreciate the beauty all around me. If I am looking down at the path too much, I deliberately look up to admire the colored leaves and the trees around …
Bulbs, an Expression of Hope Facing the Winter
This last week Tom and I planted over 200 daffodil bulbs. We planted some at our house, most at John and Jackie’s, and some at Mom and Dad’s. Tom dug the holes then I came behind him and planted and fertilized the bulbs. I love daffodils and planting the bulbs was an expression of hope …
Drive In Worship Services Over – For Now
Ever since Tom and I got back to Ohio at the beginning of July, we have been attending drive-in worship services at Lewis Center United Methodist Church. Every Sunday at 9:45 you can find us in our car in the Lewis Center parking lot. Because of the large lawn and spacious parking lot, the worship …
Moving Mountains Faith: As Big as a Mustard Seed
Tom and I have been moving mountains – mountains of soil and mulch. We got the retaining walls built at John and Jackie’s house but then needed to even out the areas with more soil. We ordered 8 cubic yards of soil and 10 cubic yards of mulch, which were dumped in their driveway as …