Following the ancient pattern, Saturday welcomed another pair whose story will over time tell what is family. My daughter, Laura, and Katherine, Matt’s new bride, have been dearest friends since college. Both have been waiting for their turn to enter the door of matrimony and Kat went first. With great joy for her friend, Laura […]
Read MoreIt was an exceptionally beautiful spring day in May when Jim, Carrie and I descended on the farm where my mother was born and grew up for our photo shoot. The fields were full of wild flowers, aka weeds in bloom, but beautiful nonetheless. We’d borrowed an old pickup truck from a friend and my […]
Read MoreOne of the joys of spring is the arrival of strawberries. It seems to me that our Arkansas berries are the best of any in the country, but I know it’s really just getting them freshly picked when ripe that makes all the difference. When my kids were all still at home I took them […]
Read MoreIf you were following this blog last fall you might remember we posted about our first Ever Thine Home photo shoot in early October. We have been preparing for our second one so watch for stories to come about photo session #2 in the next two weeks. Yesterday morning, May 13, you would have found, […]
Read MoreWords are streaming this week on blogs, greeting cards and in conversations about mothers. Or maybe not. I don’t think I’m the only one who has stared wordlessly at the blank space inside a Mother’s Day card. It’s not that I have nothing to say it’s simply the impossibility of forming an adequate expression. And […]
Read MorePaint brush and roller in hand is a task that brings me a lot of joy. There is something wonderful about the transformation that happens with a simple can of paint. This past weekend, I worked with the bare canvas of an empty, all-white room into which my daughter moved in to as she begins […]
Read MoreThis past weekend my husband and I took my mother and my brother to the new Crystal Bridges Art Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas. Normal Rockwell’s traveling exhibit was there along with the museum’s permanent collection of wonderful art. While I knew my mother would enjoy it I was surprised that my brother, 6 years my […]
Read MoreHave you ever danced for joy before God? Or shouted with glad hoorahs? Outloud? Or jumped up and down with abandon? All because your sins are forgiven and your destiny delivered from death? Most of us have done all these actions at sporting events, at weddings or parties, but before God in worship? Resurrection Day […]
Read MoreA rough wooden cross. Central image of Easter, of victory over death. But the cross without the Lamb would be meaningless. “A body thou has prepared for me,” Jesus said (Hebrews 10:5). A human form was His dwelling place among us. But from the beginning this form was destined for sacrifice. Incomprehensible that His deity […]
Read MoreBefore His accusers, all of them false, all of them dead wrong, Jesus did what none of us could or would do. He stood, silently eloquent. His life did all the talking. We, however, would have defended ourselves, thereby ruining the power of the moment. Proof, if any was needed, of our absolute depravity. Jesus […]
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