Celebrating and Celebrating and Celebrating Mom’s Birthday!

We are so blessed to have a virtuous mother! Her dedicated love, hard work, and God-honoring life style are a testimony to all! What a joy to honor her on her special day. In fact, there was more than one celebration of her birthday this year! The first was at the Neely’s with the most […]

Centennial

1912 was an interesting year. For one thing it was the year of the Titanic. Today marks the 100th year anniversary of its propitious launch. Who could have guessed what would happen four days later? It has been said that no historical subjects have attracted such long-lived popularity as the first coming of Jesus Christ, […]

Stepping on nails

As the United States Supreme Court heard the case against government controlled health care less than two weeks ago, over 4,000 freedom-loving Americans rallied in Washington DC and let their voices be heard. It appears federal government thought it could nail down its absolute control over every last corner of our lives and decisions, no […]

Resurrection Morning!

At 6:30 this morning, we all quietly and quickly got out of bed and climbed up the hill to have our Wisdom Search during the sunrise. Because it was April 8 we read Psalm chapter 8 which turned out to be a very fitting passage for this day of remembrance for the resurrection of our […]

In All Thy Ways . . . Lean Not . . . !

There were two trees needing taken down. They stood on the edge of our property near a road. Thankfully both trees leaned inward, towards our property, one slightly downhill—that would be a simple cut—the other slightly uphill—that would be a different story. Soon the first one was down. It lay facing the southeast. We would […]

It was a Fabulous Family Get-together

I was going to title this “North Carolina FEW Conference” but decided “Family Get-together” was a good description of the exhilarating weekend we were blessed to be a part of last month. Families, overflowing with a desire to live for the Lord and seek Him, came together to encourage each other toward this goal! It […]

From Flying Enemies to Fellow Evangelists

Our family was thrilled with the instances of God at work during World Wars I and II recounted in the book War and Grace. One of my favorite chapters was the account of Mitsuo Fuchida whose life was supernaturally spared time after time. Even after advancing to lead the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the […]

Celebrating Esther’s Birthday!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Lord for His mercy and guidance through the years of my life and thank my family for making the celebration of this so special! Looking back to the fun birthdays in the past and scary birthdays in the past, reassure me that the Lord is […]

Let prayer be our practice!

“Let us pray for our nation. Let us pray for those who have never known Jesus Christ and redeeming love, …[and] for our national leaders. Let prayer be our passion. Let prayer be our practice.” —Robert E .Lee

Focaccia Bread

Fragrant with herbs, this rich bread, along with salad and/or soup, makes a wonderful meal. By the way, the thinner variety makes delicious turkey sandwiches! Normally, in the process of making six loaves of our regular bread, we use one loaf’s worth of dough (flavored optionally with 1/2 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes) to make either: […]