Slow Down

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Cheryl Boardman Monday, May 13, 2024 We all lead very busy lives and sometimes it helps if we just slow down a bit and appreciate how God is providing for us. GOD, my shepherd! I don’t need a thing. You have bedded me down in lush...

“And the winner is . . .”

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Shelley Schurch Sunday, May 12, 2024 Every week my father, who was not a churchgoer, would welcome us home from church with the same question. Week after week, year after year. “Well,” he would say, “did you win anything?” As a child I...

Garden Update—Setback?

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Maylan Schurch Sabbath, May 11, 2024 Time for another flower garden update from the family in our neighborhood who’ve devoted their whole front yard to growing flowers. Periodically, over the last couple of months, I’ve paused in the same...

Two Masters

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Maylan Schurch Friday, May 10, 2024 This past Tuesday just after I’d arrived at our local library for some sermon-study time, I spotted this car. On its dashboard it displays the indentifiers for the two main ride-providers in our area,...

No Corner On Love

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Russell Jurgensen Thursday, May 9, 2024 This rhododendron bush develops so many fine nearly translucent blossoms it is fun to walk by and be almost surrounded by them. It is like they aim to make their corner of the world so graceful that...