My Journal

Lives of great men all remind usWe can make our lives sublime,And, departing, leave behind usFootprints on the sands of time.(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)Maybe its the residue of eternity past, maybe its the fear of insignificance. Whatever the root, leaving a mark on...

I've just read a sport's reporters words about the lavish opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics. He said there were no superlatives for it. String all the words together and they still were inadequate, according to him. News reports say the 2008 Olympic Opening...

A friend and I were talking about praying in the will of God. She reminded me that there are some things we pray about that we don't need to. God's nature and His Word tell us that He will be with us, will strengthen us when we need it, will comfort us in our trials....

Vacation 2008

Youth Camp 2008

I have finally upgraded to Picasa. (click on the pic above to enlarge and view) . I documented some of our favorite restaurant stops (my husband said the people in the restaurants would think I was a food editor, snapping pictures of my plate!)Here are some of the...

We're back from family vacation and Heartland Conference Youth Camp -- only 2 days between these very full events!Have I got a ton of pictures and lots of new to share!Having a little trouble with my computer monitor so it may take me a day or so to upload everything...

I promised you some idioms -- and I have got some good ones. Down South on our vacation, my friends helped me remember quite a few that I wrote down to share with you. The people who settled in the hills and on the prairies used colorful language to describe people,...

An idiom is a a common manner of speaking in a certain language -- words and phrases which everyone can identify as carrying a specific meaning.Idioms intrigue me. I found a site of common English idioms. www.idiomsite.com. Give it a look and see how many you...

Our Sunday School class is studying a book on prayer by Philip Yancey. We had an intriguing discussion this morning on "Why pray?" Now, I know all the "reasons." Without getting into all the technicalities of it, here are a few of the things that rambled through my...