Last night I was honored and privileged to be a part of a celebration of someone’s work. Celebration of work? Sounds contradictory...

Deuteronomy 31:8 “It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; He will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be...

It is such a pleasure to be able to write the things that weigh heavy on my heart. It is also a pleasure to write about the things that...

One of my favorite quotes is from George Washington Carver. He said, “A weed is a flower growing in the wrong place.” He is exactly...

There is a series on Hallmark called, “When Calls the Heart”. It’s based on a Christian book series by the same name, written by Janet...

Luke 17:5. And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. No doubt the apostles had faith in Jesus, so why did they ask this...

John 8:31-36; Romans 6:22,23 We as Americans love our freedom. It is unique in comparison to other nations of the world and has only been...

Psalms 42:5-11 Soul, why are you cast down? For Christ has redeemed you, He has forgiven you, He has uplifted you! Soul, why are you cast...

John 16:33; 1 John 5:4 Christian Wiman in his book My Bright Abyss wrote “Faith steals upon you like dew: some days you wake and it is...

“We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until...

The old rusty wheelbarrow now sits in an area of my yard that I refer to as my secret garden. It is in a spot off to the side that we...

Carried along on the breeze I heard the familiar tune of Amazing Grace as I sat on the porch one early spring morning. One of my set of...

As I was reading my morning devotion, which was about troubles in life, it reminded me of the phrase from Macbeth, “double, double toil...

The sand fell like sugar through the sifter leaving tiny pebbly residue behind as I shook the plastic sandbox toy. As the fine silvery...

Although Easter has past, this devotion from The Pond in 2016 is what I feel the Lord has led me to post today. As we approach the Easter...

“And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him...” Luke 23:33 Good Friday was the darkest day...

Isaiah 53 There is not a day that doesn’t go by that we hear the words Justice or Injustice. These are the buzzwords of our day and...

John 20:24-29 I watched him die, How could this be? That he is alive, That’s what they tell me. I did not go To the upper room that day....

1 Kings 19:1-18 George Elliot in her novel Middlemarch wrote “If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be...

Mark 11:1-11; 15-19 The first thing that Jesus did after his triumphant entry on Palm Sunday was go to the Temple and look around. On...