Psalm 118:24 NLT This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. One of my favorite times as a teacher was singing, This Is the Day, with the kids first thing in the morning. With the singing and dancing, the clapping and rejoicing, your good mood is…
Isaiah 61:11 NIV For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow,so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations. Late summer, early fall is such a vibrant time of year when gardens are bursting at the seams with their bounty. Just imagine! The Lord’s righteousness is more…
Camp Polk Nature Preserve, Sisters, OR Proverbs 10:9 NIV Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out. “You are not your sister’s keeper.” My mom knew I was coming to tell her a tale about my sister. What I didn’t know was that she had been witness to the entire…
Genesis 1: 14-19 14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for seasons and for days and years. 15 They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made the…
The True Story of Christmas Luke 2:1-4 NIV In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town…
Three Creeks Area, Sisters, OR 2 Corinthians 11:3 CSB But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. On one particular hike with my dogs, we had a run-in with a rattlesnake. One dog pounced into the bush, and…
