by Melinda | Mar 10, 2013 | God in the Everyday, Thankfulness
Last night, out here in the country, the winds were howling as I watched a huge storm system roll in. Clouds gathered and thickened at an amazing rate, awash in an ever-deepening charcoal gray. Thunder rumbled and lightening cracked all around and the...
by Melinda | Jun 25, 2012 | God in the Everyday, Random Musings
“Artisan Breads.” “Artisan Lettuces.” “Artisan Pizza Crust.” I started noticing the term “artisan” EVERYWHERE in the grocery store Saturday morning. You know how it is. You see a word somewhere that strikes you as...
by Melinda | May 25, 2012 | God in the Everyday, Great Girlfriend Adventure, Living the God Life, Uncategorized
I watched the movie The Way last night. And I wept. The movie follows a man who, estranged from his only son, receives the shocking news that his son has died. And not only died, but died after only one day of his walk on the Camino de Santiago or The Way of St....
by Melinda | Apr 26, 2012 | God in the Everyday, Great Girlfriend Adventure, Living the God Life, Reaching Out, Travel
You might be thinking that the title of this post is wrong. After all, it’s more often that you hear “Power TO the People,” isn’t it? But it’s not wrong. It’s the truth that’s washing over me as I try to process all...
by Melinda | Apr 15, 2012 | God in the Everyday, Great Girlfriend Adventure, Random Musings, The Glory of Friends, Travel
I’m tucked in with my laptop, comfy in my bed at our hotel in Amarillo. It’s been a day of driving through high winds, trying to stay clear of the “biggest in history” storms that threatened Oklahoma, as we headed west out of that state....
by Melinda | Dec 9, 2011 | All in the Family, Christmas, God in the Everyday, Lilli's Letters, Uncategorized
My darling Lilli…when you get to be as old as your Mimmie, you might start to realize there are things you wish you’d said more intentionally to your own kids, a long time ago; or, at the very least, had just said them better. I heard once that grandchildren...
