With Age Comes Wisdom

My husband, Chris, turned 60 yesterday. When I was little, I calculated how old I’d be when we went into the new century, and 37 seemed pretty darn old to me back then. But 60? Well, that was downright ancient. This could be disconcerting on several levels—not the least of which is that I’m old enough to be married to …

As Iron Sharpens Iron by Jennifer Sienes

As Iron Sharpens Iron

My day started at 3:15 this morning when a to-do list invaded my dreams and pulled me from a dead sleep. I’m definitely a person who functions best with a routine. Maybe this is why, even on the weekends, I’m often awake at 4:30 in the morning. It’s routine. Traveling anywhere, even so short a trip as the Bay Area …

In Good Company

As I sit here preparing to write a blog, already a few days past due, my mind is…well…blank. Nothing. Nada. Zip. This seems to be a normal occurrence, lately. I’ve tried to pray through it, work through it, and read through it. You know, hoping inspiration comes as I read the Bible or devotions by Charles Stanley’s In Touch magazine. …

A Command to Hope

Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances which we know to be desperate.—G.K. Chesterton Among my circle of friends, there has been a lot of doom and gloom since Obama was re-elected. Many are girding up for more difficult times and wondering what God has planned for this country in the near future. When the results came in, …