The Christian Home

During the winter I kept an amaryllis plant in my dining room hoping it would bloom. All of my other amaryllis’ are red. This one, if I remember correctly, is called apple blossom and was a variegated white/pink color. I finally gave up on it and put it in my...

“Psychosomatic Health”

I’ve never heard this term, Psychosomatic Health, used before until I found a chapter about it in a book I recently mentioned on this blog. I’m taking a break from posting on my progress on digging out the patio area. I’m hoping that in two weeks I...

God Supplies Our Needs

Last week I did a post on how to feed yourself from God’s Word. I wanted to continue this week with some interesting gifts from my grandchildren that have supplied me with tools to go deeper. I find it amazing that children are more often in tune with the needs...

“God’s Men Grow On”

Before I leave this book and change to another topic, I would like to look at one more chapter Dr. Havner called, “God’s ‘Inevitable Progress'”. If you are a parent or grandparent of boys, or have any role in the life of a boy, the following...

Miss Hickory: Remembering Great Books From Childhood

Miss Hickory, by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, was a Newbery Award winner copyrighted in 1946. As a young girl in the 1960’s I don’t remember how I came upon this book in our school library, but somehow I found it and read it alone in the quiet of my bedroom. I...