This time of the year, we become aware of the spring season, especially in the areas where we experience the four seasons. It is exciting to see the buds on the trees that have lied dormant and the bulbs popping out of the ground almost over night. Spring reminds us...
Isn’t it exciting to have your precious grandchild come running into your arms with hugs and kisses? The six-year-old granddaughter calling to tell you she lost her first tooth and the tooth fairy is coming to her houses or your seven-year-old grandson thrilled to...
Happy New Year 2010 Lessons from Queen Esther By Lillian Penner In Esther, chapter four we read that when Haman made a decree to kill all the Jews of Susa because Mordecai would not bow down to him, Mordecai asked his niece, Queen Esther to go to the king, beg...
Examining the forlorn, misshapen tree standing in the snow on the cover of a book I was reading last week called Grandma’s Christmas Legacy, I was reminded of the Christmas tree we had at my house when I was a child. When I was six years old, my parents did not have...
“Your faithfulness continues through all generations.” Psalm 119:90a Grandparents love to boast about their grandchildren, ready to show their pictures to anyone who will look at them. Grandmothers used to carry “Brag Books” with them but they don’t need to do...
My friend, Peggy Powell sent me the following story in her “Praying Grandmothers” mailing.“Some years ago my friend, Sandy shared a prayer story that greatly encouraged me. Sandy prayed diligently for her son, Jim, all of his life, but as his teen years began tobud,...