Oct
30
2024
I opened my office drawer for a notecard and found the one I selected was already written on in my dad’s handwriting.
It’s a card with a beautiful tree on the front. He wrote it to the NBC office staff.
Hello...
Oct
28
2024
One of my friends says a powerful prayer when something difficult or challenging happens in her life or in the lives of those she prays for.
When she experiences a hardship or challenge, she immediately prays that this great struggle...
Oct
25
2024
You must build hope, for the day will come when it is desperately needed!
Myelin is a coating that covers your circulatory neurons. Every time you perform a skill, you are creating myelin. Electricity travels across those neurons and how...
Oct
23
2024
As my husband Shann and I read and pray through Hebrews every night, we are struck by the admonition to look to the invisible realm where Christ reigns, the hidden world beyond the material world.
This reminds me of the...
Oct
22
2024
Dad and I had lovely conversations. He was a masterful listener and question-asker most of the time. When we had a spare moment, he might start by saying something he appreciated about my life. Then he would ask an...
Oct
18
2024
For by grace we have been saved through faith not of works lest any man should boast. – Paul
The Christian faith presents many paradoxes, which initially to the newcomer of the faith don’t make sense. To the agnostic or...
Oct
16
2024
Dad believed and lived that God was speaking to him. He prayed to attentively listen and hear what God was saying. Interestingly, it rarely had to do with action but more to do with stillness and inner adoration. Perhaps...
Oct
14
2024
I am back writing Words of Hope for the remainder of the year. I took a lengthy break for several reasons. Mostly because I was sad. Grief is complex that way. It has twists and turns that brings surprise, as...
