Live With Flair

After all these years, I’m still learning about Sabbath.  As I pray about ways to keep the Sabbath (especially with young children), I begin to

On the soccer field today, I’m amazed at my daughter’s passing skills. She’s been working so hard to pass the ball.  The parents cheer from

Every year, our giant peony bush produces the most gorgeous bright pink blooms.  And every year, I wonder why in the world the woman who

I learn the hard way that I’m cutting lilac blooms all wrong.  I look at my vase and frown.  What happened to my lilacs?  They

The children find a sassafras tree and show me how to tear the leaves to experience the extraordinary smell of root beer. I’m a city

I’m talking to a videographer this morning before an interview about my life and ministry, and I find myself fascinated by the audio set up

This morning, we eagerly approach the Robin’s Nest to check on the eggs, and we find that the storm has cast the nest down to

This morning, my youngest takes me to the garden to see the very first blush of red on the very first strawberry in the patch. 

I travel overnight for a wedding, and before we pull out of the driveway, I must check to see if I’ve packed my thyroid medication.

I glance out the window, and I see them for the first time:  two purple and green hummingbirds shimmering at my Mother’s Day Hummingbird Feeder.