Virtual VBS Week One Highlights: Standing on the Promises

Welcome to Virtual VBS for GrownUp Girls® 2017 Week One! This year we’re meeting in a private Facebook group, where it’s easier for us to comment, share posts, videos, and images in real time. You’re welcome to join us anytime by clicking here. For those who don’t do Facebook or just want the highlights, here’s […]

Could It Really Be That Simple?

A Slightly Past Middle-Aged Mortal Gets Gibbs-Slapped by God’s Grace

Gibbs Slapped By Gods Grace Kelly Belmonte

I’m honored to invite my friend, fabulous poet and blogger Kelly Belmonte, to share what God has been speaking to her heart lately — a profound truth we can all take to heart today: A million years ago, back in my college days, there was this song I liked to sing. It went like this: He has […]

All We Are is Dust*

... and Why That's a Good Thing!

All We Are Is Dust and Why That's a Good Thing

Have you ever had — or do you have now — a boss or a teacher or a family member that you just can’t please? No matter what you do, it’s never enough. You can’t ever seem to meet their standards or make them happy. It feels like you’re always falling short, messing up, making mistakes. […]

On An Ordinary Day…

... Miracles Can Happen!

The face of all the world has changed ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quote

We’d been friends for over twenty years, seen each other through a lot of life. A lot of ordinary days. We’d laughed together, cried together, prayed together. Talked for hours and hours on end — neither of us very good at bringing a great conversation to a close. Every now and then, she’d simply say, “On an […]