Monthly Archives: May 2025

A Prayer of Praise and Penitence

A prayer of confession, of praise and penitence, for revival and renewal. Continue reading

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Berry Pickin’

In spite of very strict rules forbidding such, my mom used to wear pants when she’d go blackberry picking back in the Fifties and Sixties. It was, I think, a wonderful application of the concept Jesus taught when he said, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”

But she did wear a dress over the pants! Continue reading

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Irises

Tender moments, quiet conversation, true worship… and irises. Shared beauty. Continue reading

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