I am excited to introduce my guest blogger and sister in Christ, Lori Anderson, mother of three grown sons and grandmother to three granddaughters. To Lori, serving Jesus is an adventure; full of challenges and unexpected turns in the road, but one which is always more fulfilling than anyone could imagine. Many people, once they are saved, may ask, “So, now what?” Lori wants to be that person in the “so, now what” – to be a faithful servant of the Lord Jesus Christ by being a spiritual mom to make a difference in younger women’s lives. Recently, I lost Read More
Category: Encouragement
Be My Guest
I would love to sit around the “water cooler” with you, so, I am inviting you to be my guest blogger. Yep, that’s right. You would be my guest writer on my blog page! I would delight to serve you my favorite healthy snack of yogurt with walnuts, or a decadent dessert with chocolate and whipped cream as I, and my readers, listen to you share what touches your heart, or what impacts your life, or what’s important to you, or what inspires you. Don’t Have to be Profound ~ Don’t think you must be profound, or that you have Read More
Behind the Scene Story of Pain and Hope
This is the true story of pain and hope behind the Christmas carol, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.” It was March, 1863, in Cambridge, MA., when unbeknownst to his family, 18-year old Charles Appleton Longfellow, oldest of six children born to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Fannie Appleton, walked out of his house on Brattle Street to join President Lincoln’s Union Army to fight in the Civil War. Less than two years earlier, Charles’ mother died tragically when her dress caught fire. Her husband, Henry, tried desperately to extinguish the flames, but to no avail. She died the following Read More