I read today’s word earlier today, and I knew exactly what photos I wanted to post! One of my favorite digital scrapbook pages of Punky. I can look at this and just hear his laughter. (I know you can see his name here on my scrapbook page, but let’s face…

Anyone who knows me knows I have a thing for Mason jars. (And anyone who knows me, knows when I have a thing….I go all out. Like my thing for bowls, my thing for Dr. Seuss, my thing for Rae Dunn pottery pieces, my thing for markers and planners, the…

I can’t help but thinking of restore as in restoring power, resetting, bringing something back to it’s former position (but in this biblical sense, I feel like it comes back even better than the original position), or renew. Remember the theme of these Lenten devotions was “God is On the…

I struggled with this one tonight, but as I sat and reflected on the day, I was able to muster some thoughts…I can’t promise a picture, but let’s see where this goes. I don’t like April Fool’s Day. I used to. And then eleven years ago today, I was in…

Today’s service at Champlin United Methodist Church was amazing. The themes throughout Lent have been focused around our fears. Today was targeting the fear of being enough. Between the song choices, Pastor Max’s sermon and just letting those words “You are enough” soak in during worship and throughout the day…

Remember that parable book I got for my 1st Communion in 1982 I told you about earlier this week? The one pictured above. The lost sheep was one of my favorite stories. When I was younger, I never understood why the shepherd would leave 99 sheep alone while he looked…

Tonight, I just have to share the devotional for today’s word. I couldn’t summarize this any better (plus, to be honest, it’s Friday night, and this Mama is tired.) The Israelites were on the brink of a promise fulfilled. When they crossed the Jordan River, they would be in the…

I am going to be brutally honest, I had to look this one up. As I read more and more about it, it seemed familiar to me, but in a long-forgotten, past memory. Like a long-lost friend. Then, I remembered where I had seen the word. One of my favorite…

The mustard seed parable. I have loved this parable. I remember a book I had as a kid that had the parables in short-story form. In fact….I think it may be downstairs. Just wait a second. I read this book all the time growing up. It was given to me…

I’ve always loved the allegories and parables from the Bible. I remember fondly learning about them at St. Colette School and at St. Colette Church. I always liked them as they taught us so much about God, his love, and his wishes for us. As I grew up and as…