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Month: September 2015
Arabah
Writing this is going to hurt, but I want to share it with you because it's a big part of my life story. Maybe you've noticed, the title for my blog comes from a verse in Isaiah. The wilderness and the desert will be glad, And the Arabah will rejoice and blossom; Like the crocus …
Medicine Lodge Peace Treaty Weekend
The town was abuzz for months preparing for an event that took place this weekend. The event is called the Peace Treaty celebration, to remember the Medicine Lodge Treaty signed in October of 1867 between the United States government and the Plains Indians. However, the activities this weekend focused on more than Indian history. A panorama …
Jerusalem, the Golden
This time I am not talking about heaven, although I am certainly looking forward to "new heavens and a new earth" (2 Peter 3:13). When we moved to Medicine Lodge, I gave up my beautiful garden that I had in the country. The garden was located in what used to be a sheep corral, and had …
The Heart of a Woman
The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn, As a lone bird, soft winging, so restlessly on, Afar o’er life’s turrets and vales does it roam In the wake of those echoes the heart calls home. ... The heart of a woman falls back with the night, And enters some alien cage in …
If You Hear His Voice, Do Not Harden Your Heart
I have been reading and re-reading the book of Hebrews. Rich, astonishing themes play throughout the book. This is what impressed me the most during the last read: Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in …
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Peculiar People
Will paused after reading the missions newsletter, and tossed it to me. "Hey did you read this?" I picked it up, and read the article. It was about "peculiar people," taken from the King James Version of 1 Peter 2:9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that …
Prairie Flower
New life emerged on the Kansas prairie on Wednesday evening. I was blessed to assist the birth of Mia Noelle Peters. She joins 4 brothers who are pleased to have a baby princess in the house! The home birth went quickly and smoothly, a water birth attended by a midwife. (Several hours before Mia was born, the men …
God and Little Girls
Lying on our backs side by side on the trampoline in the twilight. Looking up at the stars and pondering the big things in life. Like why we can't see the stars, and how to play colorlight, and where Jesus is and what he's doing. Desiree: Does Jesus want people around him? Will: Yes, Jesus …
Pain in My Bones
On our way to church on Sunday, Will pulled out his phone to text some of our best friends. What are you doing today? Nothing. Come over for lunch. Or later if you already have lunch plans. We'll come for lunch. Thank you! Several hours later found us at their table, eating taco salad and …
arabah rejoice 