Love is not proud.
I was standing at the kitchen sink doing the dishes when suddenly I noticed an enormous red-tailed hawk perched, silent and still, on a branch of the Big-leaf Maple just out the kitchen window. Whoa! That’s the coolest…
Love is patient.
When I woke up this morning, I was creaky and tired. So, so tired! As hubby sat on the side of the bed trying to wake up, I couldn’t help but think of how my dad used to…
Love is kind.
I have been baking gluten-free, sugar-free Pumpkin Chocolate-chip muffins for my daughter today (using dates in the place of sugar and sugar-free chocolate-chips). Naturally, I have been thinking about nutrition. We all know that nuts and seeds are…
Love is a reflection of God.
This evening my daughter will be having an informational meeting for an internship program she is setting up for high-school girls. This internship is for the upcoming summer family camp, which is hosted at the property of my…
Love starts with God.
Yesterday protestors showed up outside of where my son works. They clogged the street corners at the bus stop, yelling at and heckling people as they got off the bus to go to work. The protestors took up…
Love matters more than any spiritual acts of service.
Back when I was a young mom, I struggled a lot with guilt over not being able to serve God as much at my church as I felt like I was “supposed” to. There were always needs for…
Love matters more than any wisdom or knowledge.
Here you can see West Point Lighthouse. It is basically (almost) in downtown Seattle, being located on a point of land at the northern entrance to Elliott Bay. I chose to use this particular lighthouse (representing my city)…
Love is more than words
Probably the most well-known passage on love in the Bible is in Paul’s letter to the people of Corinth – the entire chapter of 1 Corinthians 13. In teaching the people of Corinth about love, what is the…
How to receive a daily blessing
Here you can see the pumpkins which I wrote about in the last blog post. The purpose of growing pumpkins is so that the pumpkins will be a “blessing” to me … meaning, I can use them to…
Are you still not ripe yet??
The month of October ushers in the season of pumpkins. Pumpkin-spice lattes appear at all the coffee shops! Pumpkin-spice candles are in all the stores. Pumpkins of every size spill out of large bins in front of grocery…