Author Archives: Donna Coulson
Crucian Food
It was an easy expectation while we were planning to come and getting settled here that since St. Croix is part of the US it was mostly the same as living on the mainland except more beautiful, more relaxed and in the warmth of perpetual summer. Now that we’ve been here a while, we know … Continue reading
Green Pastures
The 23rd Psalm is familiar and comfortable. It is comforting. Jesus is our shepherd. (Okay, this part makes me a little uncomfortable because what I know about sheep is limited, but mostly I know that they are dumb. I like that Jesus is the shepherd, but why do I have to be the sheep?) Anyway. … Continue reading
It’s all in How you View it…
Note: when I first published this on Monday (yesterday), I had a mistake thanks to ‘research ‘ I did on Wikipedia. (Thanks, Dave!) So this is the new and corrected version! I’ve talked about this before, but we named our house here on St. Croix ‘Pirate’s Perch’ because the house is built on a … Continue reading
Company
One of the absolutely delightful things about living on a Virgin Island is that people want to come visit us. I say this with total sincerity, we are thankful and excited that we’ve had lots of company since we’ve been here – and we hope and pray that it continues. We’ve had our friend Michelle … Continue reading
“Five More Great Ways to Live Longer”
The AARP Bulletin that I get once a month has an article this time entitled “50 Great Ways to Live Longer.” I pulled it out and have read it a couple of times. Karl and I have talked about it. Patting ourselves on the back, we note with pride that we are doing many things … Continue reading
God’s definition of safe and good
Since before I gave birth to my first baby, I have prayed for my children. Almost forty years later, those prayers have grown to include their spouses and their children. The prayers for all of them are the same, I ask God to take care of them and keep them safe (among lots of other … Continue reading
No more boxes here!
As we prepared to sell and move out of our house in the country in October of 2014, I packed boxes furiously, getting rid of tons of stuff and sorting through years of accumulation. I had an office in that house that Karl had lined with bookshelves, floor to ceiling, and I had literally tons … Continue reading
Bibles
GailAnn, an amazing lady in my church and her husband, are on a mission. It is a quiet, beautiful mission to make sure that all the children in our church have Bibles of their own. She handed out four Bibles yesterday morning. She’d given these children “Bible story books” at another time, but explained that … Continue reading
Lessons from Old Women – The end, sort of
In the past few weeks I’ve shared with you brief stories of older ladies who made a difference to me. They certainly are not the only women that have done so, but they are the ‘Big Four’. Along with my thankfulness for them, I am awed by a God who so carefully provides. When I … Continue reading
