Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
“He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.” (John1:10 NIV) A baby, hours old, turns her face toward her mother’s voice. She recognizes familiar sounds, soothing and secure from when she was being formed. A dog in the house hears the family’s car turn… Read More
“Be like a postage stamp. Stick to a thing till you get there.” —Josh Billings “Being an adult is like folding a fitted sheet. Nobody really knows how.” “The trouble with having an open mind is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” — Terry Pratchett “Good decisions come… Read More
Remember Martha’s lesson. Don’t be so busy making things beautiful, that you forget that beauty comes from God. Spend time with Him.
If you are just learning how to listen to God’s voice, it may be helpful toput yourself into one of the stories from the Gospels. Identify with one of the characters, visualize yourself in the story, and look for Jesus. It was easy for me to pick the story—the account in Luke 10 about two… Read More
“If you don’t like where you are, move. You are not a tree.” “If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?” —T.S. Eliot “If you keep your feet firmly on the ground, you’ll have trouble putting on your pants.” “Well, apparently Rock Bottom has a basement.” “You are… Read More
6 So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. 7 These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials,… Read More
We were hiking in a Minnesota forest, and suddenly the forest ended. The path became a boardwalk through a swampy meadow, and the informational signs told us about the sudden change in geography. Where the swampland is now, there had been land cleared for farmland and grazing fields, with occasional groves. Years ago, a lightning… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 