by Melinda | Mar 10, 2016 | Eyes Wide Open, In the Eye of the Beholder, This Magic Moment
As we await the arrival of another foal – this time from little miniature horse, “Shadow” – I’ve been looking back at pics from this time last year when Flynn was born. One, in particular, delights me no end. When we took...
by Melinda | Mar 8, 2016 | Community, Humility, It's Not About Me, Living Low, Love Free, Reaching Out, Sacrifice, Serving
When I was in Washington a couple of weeks ago, I was there for a specific reason, outside of sightseeing. However, I had one afternoon free, and decided to go see one memorial that I had not seen before: The US Holocaust Memorial Museum. I’ve always been...
by Melinda | Mar 7, 2016 | All Together Now, Be the Light, Community, Living Low, Living the God Life, Relationship, Respect
It ended last night. On the heart-wrenching strains of Auld Lang Syne, the picture panned away from a snow-covered Downton Abbey, and the story of the Crawley family, as we know it, came to a close. I cried. I know it’s ridiculous, but tears fell as...
by Melinda | Mar 6, 2016 | Living the God Life, My Country, My Politics, Obedience, Purpose
It came to my attention that 25 million evangelicals who were registered to vote in the 2012 presidential election DID NOT VOTE. The margin was 5 million. I thought it might be interesting to see what God has to say about voting. Choose for your tribes...
by Melinda | Mar 4, 2016 | Eyes Wide Open, God in the Everyday, Living the God Life
We were in line at Chick-fil-A, Brody and I, getting ready to place our order. When it was our turn, I stepped up and started listing it off to the cashier. Just as I’d finished telling her that Brody would have a 6-piece nugget meal, he placed his hands...