It’s Summer Celebration Time!
Yesterday, Ron and I celebrated 35 years together. I can’t believe he’s put up with my need to change life courses every 10 years. My 20’s were all about raising kids, the 30’s found me teaching school, children’s ministry grabbed my attention in my 40’s, and now my 50’s are all about writing and speaking. […]
Revisiting Tadpoles and Mud Puddles
For some weird reason one of my first blog posts, Tadpoles and Mud Puddles, continues to get viewed almost four years after it was posted. Who knows? Maybe some amphibian-loving soul searching the web for frog info will accidentally stumble onto my website and find the One who can pull them out of their own […]
Remodeling the Heart
Inspiration for Perfection Road comes from a variety of unusual sources. This week is no exception. Today finds me in Highlands, North Carolina on my husband’s business trip. Cool air, low humidity, blue skies, and sunshine create a vacation atmosphere – more for me than him! Yesterday, we reconnected with some friends we had not […]
Don’t Go Around Hungry
I have a warped sense of humor. There! I said it! Physical comedy makes me laugh harder than anything. I guess that’s why I like “I Love Lucy”, “The Three Stooges” and “America’s Funniest Videos.” I’m sure that says something about my psyche that I don’t really want to know, but, I’m digressing. Snickers subtly […]
How’s Your Day?
Many months ago, while browsing for a greeting card, I came across one that had these words from the apostle Paul’s pen written on the front: “Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was […]
What Makes You Stand Out?
Walking at the farm this weekend, Ron noticed what my grandchildren and I had spied earlier. He asked, “How did that rose bush get a red rose right in the middle of all those pink ones?” I’m no botanist, so I couldn’t answer his question. I’m guessing it had to do with some stray branch […]
Transforming the Bag Lady
Thursday night, some friends and I enjoyed being with some ladies in a residential drug rehab facility. Their courage ALWAYS inspires me. Their battles with drugs, alcohol, and sexual addiction often make my struggles seem as small as David standing before Goliath. Their willingness to mightily fight against Satan’s schemes puts a stronger fight in […]
Lessons From a Raccoon
Does the name Billy Coleman ring a bell? If you were in any of my fifth grade homeroom classes you are very familiar with the star of Wilson Rawl’s classic book, Where the Red Fern Grows. No school year ever ended without me pulling up a chair in front of an eager group of ten-year-olds, […]
I Am Free!
So … if you read last week’s post, did you take time to pretend you were sitting across the table from someone held hostage by Satan – someone who knew absolutely nothing about Jesus? Did you formulate the exact words you would say to help them find freedom in Christ? Are these your own words […]
