Why Run When You Can Walk?

I used to run. I used to run often. I used to be able to. Not anymore. Now I have been forced to walk. At first I hated it. I felt so slow. But I have come to see how much I need to walk. When I walk I see what I would have missed…

The Pen

A Pen and a Hankie July 22, 2017Amy K RadfordEdit "A Pen and a Hankie" One morning, my three year old son came down the stairs grinning from ear to ear.  I was slightly confused as I had sent him up to change and he came down looking at me as if I should be aware he had done…

Walking Uphill

Some days feel like you are walking up hill. You wonder when it will end. But the end will come. And you will be stronger. The muscles built from taking the hill Are what you will need for the next steps.

Discovery in Nature and the Word

Every time I walk our road I discover something new. I have walked it multiple times a week for the last seven years and each time, I am delighted by what I find. I have learned that about God's Word. As I study the Bible, I discover more and more about God and His attributes.…

Seasons

I have always loved the variety of seasons. Spring is bright and vibrant after a long winter, summer is warm and free, and fall is colorful and cozy. But winter is a whole other thing. At times, when fresh snow blankets the lawn, it is peaceful and picturesque. But by the time we get to…

Twenty Five Years

There once was a tree that stood tall and strong and the world revolved around it. No one ever expected it to fall and when it did life was never the same. You never expect such a strong tree to fall. But twenty five years ago today it did. The tree stood in the center…

A Case of the Shoulds

The litany of things I should be doing runs through my head like a school closing banner at the bottom of a tv. I feel like each year I get older the shoulds multiply like baby rabbits. There are even should categories. My household shoulds are a never ending list of laundry to wash, dry,…

Bittersweet

Our first fall in the Adirondacks, I discovered bittersweet growing in our backyard. I wasn't aware of its name until I looked it up, but I found it intriguing. A beautiful vine with yellow casing opening to red berries and it's called bittersweet? Why did it have such a paradoxical name? I may not have…

Summer Rain on Asphalt

The dark clouds loomed ahead. Rain pounded hard and fast against my windshield. The mixture of heat and water released an unwelcome toxicity into the air. As I tried to navigate, the road was barely visible as the wind whipped the rain into a frenzy. My only focus was on the storm. That’s the thing…

Glimpses of Home

Ecclesiastes talks about how God has set eternity in our hearts. Deep within us there is not only a longing for home, but a moving of our soul when we see or experience just a glimpse of what heaven will be like. As we stood on the beach and listened to the waves my heart…