The Three Sisters of Oregon are named: Faith, Hope, and Charity

Black Butte Ranch, OR Psalm 42:5-6 NLT Why am I discouraged?     Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God!     I will praise him again—     my Savior and my God! Before Elizabeth Taylor grew up to be a stunning, seductive Hollywood star, she was Velvet Brown in National…

Military Working Dog Teams National Monument in San Antonio, TX. Galatians 5:13 NLT Serve one another in love. Not Forgotten Fountain is part of the Military Working Dog Teams National Monument in San Antonio, TX. This fully functional fountain can provide visiting canines a cool drink on a hot Texas day while serving as a…

Mt. Rushmore, SD 2 Corinthians 3:17 NIV Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. So often we celebrate July 4, 1776, as Independence Day, and forget that a war raged until September 3, 1783. After the Treaty of Paris, what was next for this fledgling…

Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM Psalm 32:7 You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Philippe Sands had a plaguing question, “Who rescued my mother from the hands of the Nazis when she was an infant?”  The British barrister and author was well versed…

John 9:25 GNT  One thing I do know, I was blind, and now I see. Ahhhh…. The feeling of new glasses. That crisp clean vision that you didn’t realize you were missing until you put on those brand-new glasses.  My sister tells of putting on her glasses for the very first time as a child,…

Philippians 4:8 NLT Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. My husband built a shop. He is currently adding windows and siding. I am eager to help him, but my skill set in construction is…