Apr 05 2010

Sweet and Gated

Filed under: A Present Peace

Saturday evening I drove out along a country road (most are country up here) and saw this little gate. This setting seemed perfect for a late afternoon photograph. And then there was time to take a quick photo of Cocoa Joy smiling. (smile)

Apr 04 2010

Raised to Walk in Newness!

Filed under: A Present Peace


Jesus was raised so that we might walk in newness of life! He is our life, our blessed hope, and our resurrection!

He died so we might live.

Jan 29 2010

Lewis Thought for The Day

Filed under: A Present Peace, Memories

If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, . . . we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world. —C. S. Lewis Mere Christianity

Jan 27 2010

Can You Hear the Silence?

Filed under: A Present Peace

I don’t know if I have ever been a place of deeper solitude than this. Silence surrounded me, and I was sure if only for a moment, I was the only person on the face of this earth.

Dec 30 2009

Sweet Sunset

Filed under: A Present Peace, Fall and Winter in the Mountains, Holidays 09

All day long, we had been singing “Over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house we go.” Then we turned a corner and saw this scene and suddenly we felt as though we had reached a very warm destination—a destination as warm and welcoming as any grandma’s house.