My blog on Monday started with these words: “We love God. We make music. I’m talking about my family.” We make music—this is what we did, and this is what we still do. Songs, written by brother Dave, and sung at Dad’s funeral in 1993 and Mom’s in 2023. We will join them in heaven,… Read More
Bible Doodle: Psalm 42:8
By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life. Psalm 42:8
Faith, a Living Hope
Today I’m sporting “Rosie the Riveter” hairdo/scarf and a wild and crazy jean jacket painted to celebrate the 1950s. Why did I choose this ensemble today? I’m a woman, hear me roar. I’m an old woman, hear me “oof” to get out of the car. I wake up with a morning prayer by Marcus Stanley.… Read More
Grand-parenting: How do you do it?
What is the role of a grandparent? To my daughters and son-in-laws (love), grandparents are an accessible safety net. This is possible even when they live hours away, although it takes more planning and traveling. But there are so many ways you can delight your grandchildren from afar, be a part of their lives, even… Read More
Where Are They Now?
Recently, my husband and I graduated to a new status in our family. When my mother died last October, we no longer have any parents who are alive on this earth. Now we are the “old people,” the ones who will need to be cared for one day. This stage isn’t something you strive for,… Read More
Impervious Joy
Joy is a diamond in the center of my being,a gracious gift that does not erodeeven when it is washed by acidic hateor flooded with the false sweetness of manipulation. Joy is in the presence the Holy Spirit, living in me,Who does not cringe from the heat of the fiery furnaceor the bleak icicles of… Read More
Malady of Mountain Air
I remember that the first day in the mountains, after we had set up our tents and gotten the site set up to our satisfaction, my dad always spent the rest of the day, and sometimes part of the next, sleeping. I am afraid that I am afflicted with the same malady. But is it… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 