A Long Lament that I Wrote in the Cemetery, as Thanksgiving Approached, as I Sat in the Shade of a Tree near the Grave of my Parents, Turned into a Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving when the Lord Bade Me to be Still. Last year, as Thanksgiving approached, I went to the cemetery and sat in the...
February 4, 1947 – Went to the Trading Post & Bought Babies Crib & Mattress. Bought a Pair of Shoes, 3 Baby’s Vests, 2 Set of Babies Wash Towels.
Went to the Trading Post & Bought Babies Crib & Mattress. *** This year, I have been transcribing my mom's diary for 1947 month by month as a continuing Christmas present for my sisters. The title of this posting is a quote from my mom's diary entry for February 4, 1947. Every Sunday I...
Our Things are Better Now. The Amount of Shelling has Decreased – Зараз у нас все краще. Кількість обстрілів зменшилася
Our Things are Better Now. The Amount of Shelling has Decreased Зараз у нас все краще. Кількість обстрілів зменшилася *** We received the message below in response to the message sent to Igor on Sunday. Нижче ми отримали повідомлення у відповідь на повідомлення, надіслане Ігорю в неділю. *** My...
The Light Shines Upon the Chairs that You and Others Used to Sit – Світло сяє на стільцях, на яких раніше сиділи ви та інші
The Light Shines Upon the Chairs that You and Others Used to Sit Світло сяє на стільцях, на яких раніше сиділи ви та інші For many years before the pandemic, our friends from Ukraine, all pastors or seminary professors or both, would stay at our house for a little more than a week in March, while...
When Moving Away from the Old, when Growing in New Directions
When we move away from the old, when we grow in new directions, when we grow out of and away from the ashes of old or damaging and debilitating thinking, or ways and paths of spiritual untruth, or intellectual and emotional quicksand, it also becomes necessary to build new structures, and new ways...
Our God is the Hands of Jesus
Monday, September 14, 2020 Our God is the hands of Jesus upon the face of a three-year-old, gently enfolding, caressing that little face, with love and infinite kindness lifting that face, lifting those eyes, so that the child may gaze into the face, the eyes of God, without fear. God, in His...
Sunday Morning, October 11, 2020
Sunday Morning, October 11, 2020 This Sunday morning, when I began to drink my hot cup of tea, heated up from the evening before in the microwave, always a horror to my daughters, I looked out the window to the street already lit by the morning sunlight, and as I collected my thoughts to prepare...