Jun
08
2023
The other day I had a few inordinately aggravating difficulties that were more irritations than problems. If you follow Words of Hope regularly, you know what that signals for me. This means it’s time to praise the Lord. He is moving!
If...
Jun
06
2023
I received a beautiful letter from William May who told me stories about his appreciation for my dad. He shared with me a podcast I didn’t know Dad was part of. It was Ric Hansen’s Amazing Greats podcast. It was published...
Jun
02
2023
I was cleaning out a backpack and found a staff meeting paper from March 11, 2020. This was the last time we met in person as a team before we closed the office for several months. This was right...
May
31
2023
We have been playing a short game and praying everyday as at our office. I have been curious about building meaningful connection. How do we create mini moments of joy and wonder? How do we consistently build times to...
May
30
2023
One meditation I have been speaking in my mind and heart is from Proverbs 13:10, “Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.” Strife means to contend for superiority, quarrel, fight,...
May
29
2023
I am feeling afraid to remember. What if I struggle to remember? What if I don’t want to think of all the white crosses and the families with an empty place at the table? I don’t want to think...
May
26
2023
I am so thankful my dad called these little devotionals Words of Hope. I bless him for this. His words do give me strength and hope even as I approach the one-year anniversary of his Celebration of Life. What a...
May
25
2023
I have been finding photos of my dad when he is my age. He looks so young and healthy! I can hear him counseling me as I begin to feel myself getting uptight. He would ask me to notice...
May
24
2023
A close friend sent me a Ted Talk that is the most watched in Ted history. This talk references the longest study of adults done to date. Researchers analyzed the lives of about 750 individuals from 1935 and now...
May
23
2023
I found a note from my dad. Dad wrote amazing words of encouragement. He celebrated people and made me feel like I could run through a brick wall if I had to. Dad healed me and many people through...
