Are habits the same as routines? I tend to think not. Habits seem more like the kinds of things you simply fall into, whereas routines...

"...and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith...." -...

A number of years ago there was a gentleman at our church who encouraged Tom and me to go on a cruise. He and his wife had been on many...

The day was fast approaching. It had been circled on the calendar for almost a month. We were overjoyed to get to be a part of the...

I walked toward the back aisle, scanning quickly as I went, summing up the day's offerings when I spied it. "IT" The thing that made my...

"... but He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon...

"Serve the Lord with gladness...." - Psalm 100:2a I couldn't imagine trying to do what she was doing, the woman in the Instagram reel....

I believe we need to revamp the way we think about aging. A couple of weeks ago I came across a post by an actress who played in a...

I stood there, hand on hip, perusing the volumes as my finger traced the title of each one. I had decided it was time, time to clear some...

"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." - Mark 10:45 His Coming...

Yep, I'm fairly certain I'm a Martha. Not my name, of course, but speaking in the biblical sense... as in Mary and Martha... I'm a dead...

Thirty or so years ago I came across a book that breathed life into my new vocation as a stay-at-home mother and homeschooler. It was The...

As you are well aware, at least if you live in South Texas, this summer was brutal! I don't have a particularly green thumb to begin...

Earlier this month I attended the funeral of my husband's cousin. She was a precious lady, close to twenty years our senior, but always...

I doubt I'd have made a good pioneer; although, when hard-pressed and out of options, who knows what one might accomplish-?! I've never...

"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer." - Psalm 19:14 The...

perspective: n., per-spec-tive; the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance Today's post is going to be a...

"pur-pose: (n) the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists" Oxford English Dictionary Purpose. It's...

Do you remember that old Indiana Jones movie: The Last Crusade? There's a scene where Jones's father has been mortally wounded, and the...

We recently returned from our family vacation to Galveston. This year the whole crew was there. It was WONDERFUL! This place and time are...