My creative and thoughtful and wonderful mother-in-law, Doris Ann Musser, is back with reflections about a tree that sits outside the retirement home in Richmond, Kentucky that she called home for a few years. THE TREE YOU RISE ABOVE THE OTHER TREES AT THE CURVE OF STOCKER DRIVE…..TALLER…BROADER….MORE STATELY….. ….WITH BRANCHES STRETCHING OUT IN … Read More Letters to the Lord: The Tree
I wrote this over a decade ago, when Chris was home in France during a summer break from college. But it seems strangely appropriate now as we continue to work through all hard, hard things of 2020 and beyond. I am thankful that weeping and rejoicing can coexist in the beautiful paradox of God’s love. … Read More Letters to the Lord: Weeping and Rejoicing
We were destined to be friends and soulmates before we ever met. Our dads knew each other, waving across the golf course at the Capital City Country Club in Atlanta. So I paid attention when my father said, “You need to meet the artist Jill Steenhuis. She grew up in Atlanta, rode and showed horses, … Read More Letters to the Lord: Jill Steenhuis, an Atlanta Artist in France
Oh, Lord, the sun is shining through our big, beautiful, and CLEAN front window in Flintstone, Georgia, and I feel hope. The house has just been pressure washed. And I’m delighted with the result. All the mold and moss, all the green and black stuff—whatever it was—is gone. The outside of the house sparkles. And … Read More Letters to the Lord: Pressure-Washed
I’m honored to have my friend and artist, Meghan Lacey, again as a guest on this blog. I know you’ll appreciate her devotional thoughts and her art! Dear Friends and Fellow Travelers on this Journey of Life, Today I want to share with you what is on my heart, Healing…God’s powerful Healing…the Healing that only … Read More Letters to the Lord: The God Who Heals
It’s the Day after Easter, and I’m so thankful for this day, Lord. And yesterday. Oh, yes. Yesterday. Yesterday we awoke early to attend the sunrise service at Point Park. We joined with over 300 other believers, masked and bundled in the near freezing chill, to worship our Risen Savior as the sun rose in … Read More Letters to the Lord: The Day After Easter
It happened again, dear Lord, as it so often does. You winked at me. A few days ago, I was reading along in Matthew, a chapter a day, as part of my Lenten journey. I’d finished reading Matthew 20, with Jesus’s parables about the workers all getting the same pay, no matter how long they … Read More Letters to the Lord: My Personal Triumphal Entry
Easter 2021 Multi-Author Giveaway – Hope For Times Like These This time last year we were entering a time of real uncertainty and this year that uncertainty continues. These are good times to remind ourselves to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus. 14 authors have joined together to offer stories to help us do this. … Read More Letters to the Lord: Hope For Times Like These
Once again, I’m delighted to welcome Margaret Kirby as my guest blogger this week. May you be blessed by her words as I have been. Have you ever felt like you’re living in a book? I mean those moments when some small detail comes to your attention and you take a step back to look … Read More Letters to the Lord: Love Letters from the Lord
Yesterday, I had the privilege of speaking to a group of young mothers about faithfulness as a mother. I shared different ways the Lord has encouraged me to be faithful throughout the years. One of the most encouraging things I learned early on as a mother has stayed with me and is still so relevant. … Read More Letters to the Lord: Bearing Fruit in Its Season
I find it almost impossible to believe that exactly one year ago, Paul and I were heading out on a Trans-Atlantic cruise, to celebrate my 60th birthday and our 35th anniversary. Little did we know all that awaited us in 2020 as Covid-19 struck the world. For today, I want to look back on a … Read More Letters to the Lord: Never Let Me Go
Ten years ago this month, Paul and I visited Vienna and got Mozart and a whole lot more. Here’s the story: I wanted Mozart in Vienna. For the entire week of visiting with missionaries who do refugee work on the outskirts of Vienna, I had thought of Billy Joel whose song ‘Vienna’ had captured … Read More Letters to the Lord: Mozart, Billy Joel, and Jesus
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