To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; in You I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame... - Psalm...

Obsessed with lights, reflections, and shadows, my golden retriever, Daisy, slams herself into the wall as I open the back door. The sun has just risen above the hill in the distance and Daisy is...

Image Courtesy of iStockPhoto.comI heard the call of a Red-Shafted Flicker today.  These beautiful woodpeckers are “Heralds of Fall,” migrating to higher elevations in the summer and returning...

Photo Courtesy of iStockPhoto.comLet the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my...

Tears reach as on long sinewy bands, from my eyes down to the floor. Soul extends from my little home in Northern California foothills to the city of Chicago where my second of two spends her first...

Hi, everyone. I hope you had a WONDERFUL 4th of July (if you are in the US).I also hope that, rather than declaring INDEPENDENCE from the Lord, you are very much committed to being unabashedly...

In his heart a man plans his course,    but the Lord determines his steps.- Proverbs 16:9During my quiet time this morning, Proverbs 16:9 struck me afresh. No matter how much...

In this day of psychobabble and "new age" easy believe-isms, there are many truths that have been tainted with just enough "lie" that we often want to steer way clear of them.The problem is truth...

REAL...Pretending is something we are raised to do so well. First, it begins as a game, our little girl, make-believe, fantasy world, where everything-is-oh-so-perfect times of being princesses,...