Author Archives: Donna Coulson
Finding Glory
One of the gifts that God gave me is my imagination. I’ve shared before that I had imaginary friends as a child, and I’ve always written stories in my head. Often, I’ve imagined heaven as a place where creation is perfect and unfallen (which I am pretty sure I can’t adequately imagine!) and I’ve visualized … Continue reading
Martha or Mary?
I have a love-hate relationship with the story of Martha and Mary in Luke 10. I love Jesus’ sense of humor and his patience as he speaks to Martha. I can picture her, red faced, hair a mess, apron dirty, ticked off. I can see Mary, nails perfect, clean outfit, totally relaxed sitting near … Continue reading
February! Yay!
It’s February! Five months since two cat 5 hurricanes blew through. Five months filled with stress and worry about recovery and repair, rebuilding and revising our plans. Five months of tired, haggard faces around us, navigating downed trees, pot holes, and lines. Five months that included generator noise and darkness, terrible cell service and … Continue reading
We are known by our fruit
I recently had a conversation with someone close to me who claimed that the Hope of Salvation was simply a “carrot on a stick” used to entice us to live a righteous life. The rest of that argument was that doing good and making right choices with the promise of eternity in mind was … Continue reading
Let’s Save the World…
One of my favorite movies of all time is called Armageddon. It’s a Bruce Willis end-of-the-world flick. The movie begins with NASA discovering that a global killing asteroid is on a direct path to Earth and they have fewer than 20 days before it will hit. It turns out, the decision makers – government … Continue reading
Traffic Anarchy
When the hurricane twins blew through, they took our electricity with them. I’ve already talked about that and how wonderful having power back on at the house is. Another aspect of the storms was that street lights and traffic lights were destroyed and damaged, and the ones that were still standing had no power to … Continue reading
The control freak in me is NOT happy
There’s a verse in Romans (12:12) that says, “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” When I think about that verse, I know that I’m pretty good at one (faithful in prayer), somewhat adequate at one (joyful in hope), and really lousy at one (patient in affliction). Since ‘the ladies’ (named … Continue reading
Full Circle Again… Happy New Year 2018!
I love New Year’s nearly as much as Christmas. I’ve talked before about how I liked being a teacher because it was a career that provided complete circles – beginnings and endings each year. What I love about it mostly is that, in both the end of a school year or the end of … Continue reading
Christmas recap
Christmas didn’t arrive yesterday morning with a jolly elf dressed in a red suit, suspenders and a plush cap riding a sleigh. No, not even close. Christmas came yesterday at 6:22 a.m. with a crew of burly men dressed in tan or orange shirts with safety harnesses and hard hats riding bucket trucks. Instead … Continue reading
In defense of Christmas cards and letters…
I love sending and getting Christmas cards, and it pains me that the tradition seems to be dying out. With Facebook and email, people just aren’t sending cards through the mail like they used to. I think that’s tragic. I refuse to succumb to this new normal, though, so my Christmas cards got mailed this … Continue reading
