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Get on Your Shoes: It’s Resurrection Day!

Since Pastor Teddy started televising his sermons following The Lockdown, our family has been faithfully gathering in front of the TV each Sunday morning at 9:30 am. There have been video glitches and mikes that cut in and out at inopportune times, and a time the screen froze for a few minutes and we shoutedContinue reading “Get on Your Shoes: It’s Resurrection Day!”

Following in the Footsteps of the Ducks Who Raised Me

I’m not saying that I didn’t love my parents. It’s just their method of raising us 4 kids was kind of… shall we say unconventional? Both were single children, and both had a lot of baggage. Grandma was a bit of a nutcase, and my mom had inherited her parent’s mental disposition. Her love wasContinue reading “Following in the Footsteps of the Ducks Who Raised Me”

The Legacy of Our Little House That’s Not on the Prairie

The Corona Virus lock-down was not without some bright spots. One of them was that my husband Ernie and I got to watch Melissa Gilbert go from a young pig tailed girl to a grown married woman – complete with a baby – in just a few short months. Yes, we watched Little House onContinue reading “The Legacy of Our Little House That’s Not on the Prairie”

When God Speaks Through a Hamster, Maybe You Should Listen

No, it wasn’t a Balaam and his talking donkey kind of moment, but it had just as much impact. It happened ten years ago. My school district had decided they didn’t need four speech therapists serving their seven schools. They would make do with three. Last hired, first fired. They served up my walking papersContinue reading “When God Speaks Through a Hamster, Maybe You Should Listen”

Taking Back Christ’s Easter

Another Christian holiday, another day for Christians to tear apart. Has anyone else noticed the barrage of anti-Easter posts on Facebook coming from Christians? Well meaning individuals are telling us not to celebrate Easter, as it is a holiday to Ishtar the fertility god. True, when Constantine Christianized the empire, he did merge many ofContinue reading “Taking Back Christ’s Easter”

Lets Fill up the Churches for Holy Week

President Trump has just asked that social distancing guidelines remain in place until at least April 30. The pastor at my church has been live streaming services from an empty sanctuary for the last two weeks. People on social media are lamenting that Easter has been cancelled. That last statement is kind of funny. HowContinue reading “Lets Fill up the Churches for Holy Week”

When the Stars Aligned over Columbus Ohio

About two months ago, we got a phone call from Andy, my husband’s youngest brother. His daughter Emily was finishing college in Rhode Island, and he planned to across the country to bring her and her stuff back home to upstate Nevada. He would be passing through Ohio and was thinking of stopping off toContinue reading “When the Stars Aligned over Columbus Ohio”

“Friend, I Love You, But I’m Closing the Door.”

It seems the world is becoming a battle field and landminds have been hidden everywhere. Case in point: about six months ago, is was scrolling through Facebook and came across a picture with the biblical caption (I won’t go into details, but it’s a political hot topic right now). Bright sunny post, showing God’s viewContinue reading ““Friend, I Love You, But I’m Closing the Door.””

Blessed are the Meek, For They shall Have the Power of Thor

When I hear the word “meek” I can’t help but think of the Avenger’s movie Ragnarok.  Ragnarok features Thor, the god of thunder, who flies around beating up bad guys with the help of his mighty magic hammer. But, alas, Thor’s evil sister shatters the hammer, leaving poor Thor flightless and weakened. The movie’s climaxContinue reading “Blessed are the Meek, For They shall Have the Power of Thor”