Just over a week ago, including the last day of last year, I sat down to reflect on the year 2024. As you may already know, I have made...

Suffering is not easy to write about. It is a tough subject because it is very personal and subjective. But we all suffer at some point...

You must be thinking that I am going to criticize putting up a Christmas tree or call it a heathen tradition we should abandon. Well no,...

I was sitting on my recumbent bike this afternoon worshiping God as I was pedaling along. As I racked up the miles, I started thinking...

The big hoopla of the Paris 2024 Olympics seems long gone. I have always watched the Olympics religiously in the past. This year the...

Just reading the title, must have you either humming or singing the beloved song from "The Sound of Music"! I know it had me looking up...

This week I had the wonderful opportunity to meet a physical therapist who specializes in breast cancer rehab. I was reluctant to spend...

This journey I am on, this wilderness I am traveling in, is so unpredictable and so exhausting. Just when I think I've got a handle on...

I cannot believe that it is April! It feels like I have missed the past few months in the flurry of appointments, procedures and tests....

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve ©Wiebke Papenfus 2019 Have you ever gone on an impromptu trip? Maybe someone invited...

During the past few months, I have been pondering friendships a lot. It has been a very dark time in my life with my husband being in...

In the night before New Year’s Eve I was dreaming. I was traveling and had to get all my luggage from the hotel room, to the elevator,...

For the past few years, I have made time at the end of the year to really take inventory of the past year. This exercise usually brings...

I have become one of those “let’s do as little as possible” type of people during the Christmas season. It seems like the older I get,...

It is time for me again to just rest in my Abba's comforting arms: I am at a silent retreat in south west Michigan. Unplugged and away...

1/10/23 On Day 2 of the Sugar Fast, I was really convicted when I read the question Wendy asked "What do you turn to instead of to Him?"...

1/8/2023 Today is Day 0 of this new journey that starts tomorrow. I look forward to this new beginning, but also feel uncertain to what...

With the busyness and preparation for the day of Christmas, I often get frustrated because it seems like the One who the day is about is...

Last year September ended on a sad note for us: we had decided to put down our family dog Sharlie. She had been with us for 14 years. We...

A beach on Lake Michigan. We weren't even supposed to have ended up there! With a heel spur nagging with every step, I had suggested a...