FRONT PORCH FRIDAY | God Is With Me

FRONT PORCH FRIDAY | God Is With Me

Here I sit staring through the darkness at the tiny little frame of my granddaughter, who is sick……….again. Nothing comforts her but the warmth and safety of my arms. The neat and orderly plans I have for the day are disrupted. I was working on...
FRONT PORCH FRIDAY | SIMPLY SEEN

FRONT PORCH FRIDAY | SIMPLY SEEN

Do you ever feel that you are unimportant? That no one ever really knows or notices you? Do you wonder if your simple offerings of faith and devotion, your heartfelt expressions of love for God really matter? I do. Often. A couple of days ago, I was really bothered by...
ROOTED IN PRAYER | In Thanksgiving For Gardens

ROOTED IN PRAYER | In Thanksgiving For Gardens

God of grace, in the story of creation, you made the earth a garden and entrusted it to us to till and to keep, a place of peace and beauty where we could walk with you. In the story of redemption, the one who died for us was buried in a garden, and there you raised...

FRONT PORCH FRIDAY | Miracle of the Rosary

The month of May has always meant a great deal to me. It is the month the Roman Catholic Church honors our Blessed Mother Mary. It is also the month we celebrate Mother’s Day! As a wife, a mother and now a grandmother, the celebration of motherhood has always been...