Christmas mood

Wendy was wrapping Christmas gifts last night. Lots of different kinds of paper and lovely gift bags. We love to give gifts – don’t you? There really is something great about the feeling of giving. As she was wrapping, and yes I did help a bit at one point, I noticed our tree in the…

Walk by faith

Do you know the verse? 2 Corinthians 5:7 says “For we live by faith, not by sight.” The NLT puts it this way: ‘For we live by believing and not by seeing.” Some translations use “we walk by faith…” which I like the imagery of. For we are pilgrims, citizens of heaven, and sojourners on…

Birding

I really enjoy watching the birds come to our feeder, and while I wish we had more variation in the kinds of birds we are seeing, it is still winter and so many breeds are not yet here. We have had northern flickers, house wrens and the like. I remember when we first went to…