Poppy blooms! … and seed pods!
Last fall someone very special from Idaho gathered her poppy seeds from her own poppy plants and sent them to me as a gift. Poppies are her favorite flowers. I generously spread poppy seeds in every container I…
Blessing on a normal ordinary day!
You never know what you’ll see when you go to the grocery store for green onions! It’s a little bitty bear cub! Thank you God for such a fun surprise blessing on a normal, ordinary day!
The Basics of Life!
Mama deer came around with little Jr. deer recently. She is teaching him the basics of life! And the lesson for today was: There are tasty apples on these apple trees right here! Mama nibbled a few tasty…
A hummingbird nest!
I have always wished I could see a hummingbird nest. Each morning as I sit at my dining room having breakfast, I watch the little hummingbirds flitting about the hummingbird feeder … then they zip across the back…
We all need a little support!
Mid-July is usually when the very first green beans are ready to be picked … and eaten! Yay! So I went out to the garden to see how the beans were doing. Lo and behold … the poor…
“Power hitters” in the church of ancient Rome
As I have been studying through the book of Romans, imagining what it might have been like to live in ancient Rome and to have received this letter from the Apostle Paul, I automatically assumed these people were…
What do we know about the Christians living in ancient Rome?
As the Apostle Paul concludes his letter to the early Christians living in ancient Rome, we learn a lot about these people. For starters, it seems that a lady named Phoebe was the one who delivered this letter…
“Marked” by Jesus – A life without judgmentalism.
Here you can see an ancient paved street very similar to what the streets of ancient Rome were probably like. This street is in the ancient city of Pompeii (from the exact same time period as ancient Rome). …
“Marked” by Jesus – A life characterized by holiness.
In writing to the early Christians living in ancient Rome, the Apostle Paul instructs: “So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime,…
“Marked” by Jesus – A life characterized by peace.
Upon arriving in Rome, our tour bus dropped us off at Piazza del Popolo. We couldn’t check into our hotel until 4:30pm, so our tour group was dropped off to explore the historical/touristy area for a couple of…