The Beautiful Partnership: Happily Ever After
Once upon a time, there was a television advertisement for men’s wedding tuxedos, and it made such an impression…
The Beautiful Partnership: Proclaiming the Beautiful Gospel
We know from Jesus’ later conversation with Peter that He knew how Peter was going to die. “Truly, truly, I say to you, when…
Godly Beauty: Adorned with Works
My grandmother sewed my mother’s wedding gown, a labor of love that boggles my mind. Perhaps you have sewed someone’s wedding…
Godly Beauty: Adorned with Worship
Today let’s dig into that sometimes confusing verse, “Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to…
Godly Beauty: Adorned with Submission
What would you think if I told you that submission is a beauty secret? Would you be intrigued? Offended? Puzzled? When I think…
God’s Beauty: A Beautiful Invitation
As I write these words, I am in the midst of moving my 87-year-old, widowed mother into an Assisted Living facility because she…
God’s Beauty
How often do you cringe when you hear the word “submission”? Does it feel like a punishment, or have you discovered “beauty secrets” hidden within…
Excuse Me Sir, I Am Over Here
I was watching the trainer working with Apollo and I was intrigued by her consistent words to the horse, “Excuse me Sir, I am over here.” First…
A Stick Snatched From The Fire
I was sitting in the barn listening to the horses quietly munching on their breakfast, watching the rain drowning my pastures, and reading my…
Hope In The Storm
I was out in the barn during the massive storms that hit our area. 50-70 mph wind gusts and rain at 2-3 inches an hour, for almost 24 hours…
Rejection and Redemption
This past weekend I introduced Apollo to the rest of our herd. We have three horses and one miniature pony. They knew he was…
Trust and Surrender
On New Year's Day this year, my daughter Abby and I went to check out a horse auction with the intention of learning more about how we…
What She Said Part 13, Week 6 - Move On
As a preacher’s kid, Heidi has seen and experienced the good, the bad, and the ugly of church life in ways that broke her but ultimately drove her to…
Precious Moments
I was ambushed in a parking lot recently. Don’t worry, it wasn’t a carjacking! My granddaughters and I had almost reached our…
The Sad Relief
For most of my life, I looked forward to the final six weeks of the year, full of holiday cheer, beginning with Mom’s November…
Orphaned Widow
They’re gone. That was often my first waking thought in the days after Dad’s passing. The reality settled over my sorrowing…
I’ll Be Back!
I wasn’t with my husband when he passed away. I was holding Mom’s hand when she took her last breath. Given
The Rollercoaster
I was in elementary school when Mom, Dad, and I went to Myrtle Beach for the first of many family beach vacations. One evening…
All Better
A decade or so ago, I discovered the joys of feeding the birds that frequent my wooded property. Cardinals, chickadees, woodpeckers, nut hatches, and…