I have always loved Isaiah 61. It is one of those go to chapters that has enriched my life. But after my trip out West, it has taken on an even richer meaning to me. I am convinced that we can move from devastation to beauty. As we walked through fields of almost […]
How? Why? How are the mighty fallen? It was the question I had to ask the park ranger at the entrance to Sunset Crater National Park Our adventure took us from the red rocks of Sedona to Flagstaff. It was early fall and my image of the hot deserts of Arizona did not include snow. […]
What do you do when you know better, but the Bible feels lifeless? Let me start with a story. If you know me, that’s where I always start. We were at Sunset Crater Volcano. We walked along and through black rivers of hardened volcanic flow. When we reached a paved path, I could almost hear […]
I have to ask you, “Are you a faultfinder or a faith finder?” I’m asking you, because it’s a question I asked myself early this morning during my prayer time. Let me explain. Our Deep Well went out. It was a huge deal because regulations had changed and finding an appropriate location on that mountain […]
Are you a door for the King of Glory? I’ve asked you stranger questions before… but, seriously, this has got to rank up there with one of the strangest questions– Are you a door for the King of Glory? So let me tell you a story before you answer my question. He had failed once, […]
We built our house almost 20 years ago! (Where has the time gone?) When I say we built it, I mean literally. We hired a contractor to dry it in, then we took over. It took us months. We moved in with bare floors and no window stills. We really enjoy working together, so it […]
I’m not satisfied with my weight right now, so when my friend challenged me to lose 5 lbs with her this month I eagerly accepted. I’m working on it! I’m eating right and exercising everyday. But, there’s a major challenge to getting that weight off. It’s birthday month in the Holland house. Both of […]
What do you do when you get hacked? Yes, I know all about being hacked. I have read dozens of articles about what to do when you get hacked. And…well, I can tell you what I did…but I’m not proud of it and I don’t advise it. I quit…simply quit. I didn’t quit on the […]
I wanted to slam the door on 2017, but it was like trying to slam a closet door with an avalanche of stuff puffing and oozing out of cracks around and under the door. And like the too full closet, the door could not be shut until it was dealt with! 2017 ended with […]
If you live in the South, you know that Summer’s BFF is none other than the amazing, wonderful, awesome…not enough adjectives to describe it—the lowly, but vital–air conditioner. It’s cool wind is so refreshing. And this Summer, you didn’t have to live in the South for your BFF to be an air conditioner. It was […]
Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 NLT It’s so easy to get this backwards. I find my default can be to trust my opinion, what I can see and understand. But rest and peace comes from trusting God!! That requires that I spend time […]
Amazing Feet I am absolutely intrigued by nature, but the photograph in the gift shop stopped me in my tracks. My mind flooded with questions as I pondered the phenomenon of this photograph. It was a picture of mountain goats on the side of a cliff at Goat Lick, MT. I was skeptical. Was this […]