Anytime Dad wanted to make his point he’d always call me Tammy Lynn. Middle names were given by mothers and fathers to make children sit up and pay attention, a sort of call to order when important things were being spoken. Dad used to say with that, some day you’ll see that I’m right, tone [...]

It was a lovely azure blue-sky day in Colorado, with wispy, white clouds creating animal pictures in the sky.  The drive out to Hanging Lake for our hike took about 40 minutes, and the view of the mountains was absolutely breathtaking. Spindly fingers of crystallized ice seemed to weave their way down the sides of [...]

  Don’t worry about anything. Instead pray about everything.  Tell God what you need and thank Him for all He has done.  If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. –Philipians 4:6 (NLT) At this time of the year when love is on [...]

I had just settled into my new home, at the beginning of a new year, all the furniture in place, the dishes neatly stacked in the kitchen cabinets, my daughter’s bed made—at least for the moment, my husband’s office organized, and my closet put together with every shoe in its own individual cubby (a delightful [...]

O Lord you have examined my heart and know everything about me.  You know when I sit down or stand up.  You know my every thought when far away.  You chart the path ahead of me and tell me where to stop and rest.  Every moment you know where I am.  Psalms 139:1-3 It was [...]

God is love and all who live in love live in God and God lives in them…Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all  fear. If we are afraid it is for fear of judgment and this shows that his love has not been perfected in us. —First John 4:16&18 NLT I grew [...]

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, Lord, my rock and my redeemer. (Psalms 19:13-14 NLT) My son Jordan had an important Science Fair project to complete over a period of a few weeks.  He was running tests to find out which consumable product was more [...]

Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”(Matthew19:21  NLT) Wasn’t it that great philosopher, Andy Warhol, who once said, “Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes?” The culture we live [...]

I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection.  But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.  Philippians 3:12 NLT I had been tearing pictures from design magazines for years, and had quite a portfolio of ideas collected [...]