The Sea

We are in Cyprus for a couple of weeks. This is our yearly trek to the land of encouragement. And encouraged we are! Great to be with the community of friends we have here. Great to be with our daughter, who is stationed here for the next six months. Great to be by the sea….

Bonnie’s Stuffed Bells

I learned how to cook stuffed bell peppers while living in Odessa, Ukraine. In fact, that’s where I learned to cook and to entertain in general. Who knew life abroad would became all about hospitality? But it was and still is, and I am so glad I learned it. I love to entertain and have…

God’s irony…

humble beginnings tender shoot sprung from parched ground God’s great irony He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him (Isaiah 53:2).

Narcissus. In. January.

Much of the known world in the USA is in a deep freeze. My southern home in the states, Texas, is buried under the winter spell of ice. This is the fountain in our community. A friend posted this on FaceBook. He aptly titled this photo, “Narnia.” The extremely cold weather is very unusual for…

Blue Moon

Last night, New Year’s eve’s blue moon just wasn’t blue…

Gift to Self…

I bought a season’s greetings gift for myself… These beautiful, hand-blown glass balls grace my dining room table now…

Two Warring Brothers

I have wanted to write about what happened to my husband and me last Friday all week, but it has been busy and crazy. The first of the week we sadly said good-bye to friends that had been visiting from the states. And the day after they left I came down with the flu. I…

Dazzled…

Each holiday season in December, I am handed the opportunity to gaze upon the shekinah glory of God that shone about the shepherds of Bethlehem on a cold night in Israel long ago—a night that changed the world forever. It is challenging because there is great competition and distraction in this beautiful Season of Light…