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reprise
Last week I posted a blog about a high school employee in Florida who felt “attacked” by a Bible verse written on someone else’s assigned parking place at school. It would seem that how I explained my point was offensive to at least one reader who misunderstood my reaction to the story and was chagrined … Continue reading
The Power of the Word of God
The blog I posted here on Monday was badly said and didn’t convey what I wanted to say. I was trying, albeit not as eloquently as I’d like, to celebrate that words written two thousand plus years ago can still rouse something in us to, hopefully, lead us all to the Truth.
First Pres Women’s luncheon November 11
Thank you to the First Presbyterian Women for inviting me to your luncheon yesterday! Lunch was terrific, and I enjoyed very much meeting you all and sharing a bit about writing and Wyoming history!Thank you Brandy Selfridge for helping me.
And the story continues…
Just released!!! Just days after the armistice ending World War 1 is signed in 1919, a telegram arrives that demands action. Leaving England, her career as a surgical nurse, and the fragments of a cracked heart behind, Emmaline Monroe returns to southern Wyoming to make peace with her dying father and her old life … Continue reading
Love isn’t always warm and fuzzy
Yesterday the sermon at church was centered on I John 4:11-16. John is talking specifically to believers and discussing how believers should live and treat other believers. To me, verse 11 is the crux of the matter here: “Since God so loved us, we aught to love one another.” Something our pastor said really resonated … Continue reading
A new novel by donna coulson has just been released!
World War 1 is looming. There is war in Europe and increasing tensions at home as Emmaline Monroe faces her own fears, her father’s domineering expectations, and separation from her brother, Thad. Against unending challenges, she fights first to complete her education, then to find meaning and purpose for herself as a surgical nurse in … Continue reading
Now that I’m 64!
I was twenty-seven when Karl and I got married. As our recessional song for the wedding, we chose the Beatles song When I’m Sixty-Four. It was a light-hearted choice, thirty-seven years into the future was an eternity. Well, I turned sixty-four this past weekend, and it seems to me a good time to revisit and … Continue reading
Choices
I don’t want to talk about the Covid-19 elephant in our rooms. I’m tired of all the attention that creature is getting. What I want to talk about today is choices. We make a million choices every day, some with intention, some as habit or routine, some after long consideration, some on the spur of … Continue reading
Quarantine Lists
As of this morning, Karl and I, like pretty much everyone else in America, began a bit of a detour on our life path. Yup, we are self-quarantining. We made one last dash to the store this morning, to get eggs and potatoes and to stare longingly at the empty TP aisle, then to the … Continue reading
Power
Stage 4 pancreatic cancer is a nasty diagnosis. The survival rate at five years is only one to three percent. Not good odds for anyone. For a 78-year-old man, truly not hopeful. But. Alex Trebek, who is really one of my very favorite celebrities, has heard that horrid diagnosis and he’s been pretty forthcoming about … Continue reading
