The Shield of Faith

I recently filmed two segments on the topic of the “Woman at the Well.” Liva Trethewey and Heidi Nelson joined me on the set of 'Women in...

Old Mother Hubbard, Went to her cupboard, To fetch her poor doggy a bone. But, when she got there, The cupboard was bare, And so her poor...

On Monday I wrote about the faith of Jesus vs. faith in Jesus. It amazes me how I can read something, hear something, “understand”...

I would like to sincerely thank all of the men and women who died while serving in the United States military. Where would we be as a nation if not for those thousands and thousands and tens of thousands of sacrifices? In fact, according to estimates released by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, nearly 500,000 military personnel died in the U.S. Civil War alone. Over 4,430 U.S. Military members lost their lives during the Revolutionary War. The

Does unforgiveness have a place in my life? Do I harbor any feelings of hatred toward myself or anyone else? There was a time in my life...

My shower curtain has Bible scriptures, pretty little birds and words like FAITH, TRUST, LOVE written on it. This morning as I glanced at...

Do you remember the experiment in grade school where we were given different things to taste? If memory serves me, they were tiny squares...

“Bite your tongue Jeanette!” Have you ever said that to yourself? Well, other than the ‘Jeanette’ part. Biting your tongue is not...

I was sitting in my office this morning wondering what to write about when my glance landed on a book on my desk. Actually, I have 4 of...

Have you ever been in a courtroom at the time of sentencing? It’s tense. If the hearing or trial is between two parties, more than likely, one party will be happy with the verdict; one party will not. Back in the late 80’s I would find myself in a courtroom with my husband. A local business had taken us to Small Claims Court. I was on pins and needles. I knew we were in the right, but would the judge see it that way? The owner of the business spoke and then his manager spoke

I interviewed two lovely ladies this week on Women in the Word. They are with Impact Hope. That show will air the week of June 4, 2023....

Have you ever been madly in love? That crazy, head-over-heels kind of feeling. You can’t stand to be apart from each other, not even for...

“I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.” Psalm 139:14 NKJV Have you ever known anyone to move away, say to the south, where they have that southern drawl? Then, you don’t talk to them for a while and when you finally do, you notice they have a slight ‘accent’. Where did that come from? According to a 2010 study by a research group at the University of California, Riverside, people subconsciously

Forty-Two. That was the number. 42. And from the beginning to the end, each and every one changed lives. 1 Turning water into wine at the...

Many years ago, Wendell and I bought tickets to see Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr. in person. Are you familiar with him? He became one of the...

I heard about one of the strangest disasters in American history last week, and it got me to thinking… There is a saying, “Slower than...

I belong to The James Webb Space Telescope group. I found this post very thought provoking: “For the longest time, everyone believed the Earth was the center of it all. In the 1540's Copernicus proved the Earth revolves around the sun and then we weren't at the center of it all. Later, we were found to be in a galaxy and that WAS the center of it all. Then Hubble found another galaxy and we were, once again, not the center of it all. A few decades later, there's the discovery

“April Showers Bring May Flowers”. Has there been a truer statement this year? I know many of us began to jokingly ask, “is Spring ever going to get here?” Certainly, the last few days of warmth and sun have been marvelous, but Mr. Winter is not quite done, the cold is not gone for long. The longer proverb is “March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers”. I like that. By the way, the saying, “April showers bring May flowers”, originates from the United Kingdom, wher

Yesterday I wrote about Mount McLoughlin and how it is one of several volcanos in The Cascade Arc. The Cascade Arc includes over 20 major volcanoes, twelve of which are over 10,000 feet in height. The two highest are Mount Rainier and Mount Shasta. The major volcanoes in the arc include Mount Silverthrone, Mount Meager, Mount Cayley, Mount Garibaldi, Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, Mount Adams, Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson, Three Sisters, Broken Top

If you travel I-5 southbound out of Grants Pass there comes a time, within about 20 or 25 minutes, after you have crested Blackwell Hill, that you see one of the volcanic peaks in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It sits proudly in the Cascade Range of Southern Oregon. It is north of Mount Shasta and south-southeast of Crater Lake. It’s Mt. McLoughlin, many know it as Mount Pitt, but it wasn’t always known by either name. American explorer Peter Skene Ogden came upon this mountain i