Decades ago, while still in my hometown of La Paz, Bolivia, birthday celebrations were a big thing. With a handful of invitations, I ran from house to house on the dirt streets where my friends lived. Anticipation danced in my heart as I delivered them with pride...
"The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him." (Ps. 28:7) The other day my two sons and I got into my old car to drive to the local post office. I backed out of my drive slowly...
"Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." (Psalm 27:14) The pelican duo paddled in place, bobbing in the canal. They were waiting in anticipation, expecting that scraps would be soon be swept from the fish cleaning board into the water. It...
It was the time of the Passover and Jesus was praying in the garden. A detachment of Roman soldiers, along with a few Temple guards provided by the chief priests and Pharisees, all carrying lamps, weapons and torches and led by none other than Jesus' own disciple,...
"Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always." (Psalm 105:4) Things didn’t go quite like I’d planned. "Imagine that,” I mused. Well, if there is one thing in life we can be certain of it’s change. Nothing stays the same for very long. The names for our...
Our recent trip to Spain was highlighted by a fair amount of hiking, one of my personal favorite activities. A pattern began to emerge, however, as our trip progressed. It began on day two, when we decided to hike down to a lovely little cove on the Mediterranean...
"Furthermore, tell the people, 'This is what the Lord says: See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death. Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague. But whoever goes out and surrenders to the Babylonians who are besieging...
A wake up call is one of the "must-do's" when I stay in any hotel during my travels. So, in my recent trip last week, right before I laid my head on the pillow, I grabbed the phone to dial "0" for the front desk. I pressed it and pressed it again. But there was no...
I can’t help it, I’m just nosy as can be. During one of the events in my trip to Cuba, I sat beside one of the ministry leaders. "What part of Cuba do you come from?” I asked. "Santiago de Cuba,” she said with joy in her voice. As I shooed flies and fanned myself to...
That short hour the other night without electricity reminded me how wimpy I had become. Back in Bolivia where I was born, electricity and water only lasted till noon. And we adjusted, thought of it as normal and never thought to complain. "Honey!" I called to my hubby...