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SATURDAY PRAYER
Dear, Holy, Father, You have set before us a new day, filled with sunshine and hope. As I think about the events of the past week, my heart has been slightly on a roller coaster trekking uphill one day … Continue reading
HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS
I’ve always believed in God. I’ve known since an early age that I would some day go to heaven, but at the time I had no plans on doing so. It wasn’t brainwashed into me. I had plenty of questions … Continue reading
OBEDIENCE
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© If trees could talk, I wonder what they’d say. A gnarly, burled, old tree might have a lot to talk about. It’s been part of the forest for a long time. It’s … Continue reading
NECESSARY WATER
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Water can be a rushing creek, tumbling over rocks and tree limbs. It can be a raging sea tossing a small vessel in every direction. It can be a quiet lake … Continue reading
IT’S TIME FOR FORGIVENESS
Anger, frustration, feeling used, being abused, broken hearted, struggling, hatred – all words to describe what many are feeling these days. For several years our nation has been divided politically to the point of breaking up families and friends. More … Continue reading
SPRING – RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER
ART & INSPIRATION BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© The ravages of winter have all but covered the once fertile fields of this beautiful, old barn, but life still exists within and without. The memories emanating from my grandparent’s farm continue … Continue reading
DIVIDED WE FALL
“These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage. But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. They said to you, ‘In the last … Continue reading
FEBRUARY FROST
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER Sparkling facets of frost, scraped from windshields to get a clear view of the road, but do we take time to really inspect the beauty of it? The tiny patterns etched into … Continue reading
ONE DAY AT A TIME
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.” Corrie Ten Boom As each day passes, I have come to realize that every one of them is a blessing from above. Not because tomorrow will … Continue reading
NEW DAY, NEW LIFE
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© A baby osprey surveys the life that lays ahead of him, His eyes are wide with wonder and his vision never grows dim, The artist captures all of this with pencils in … Continue reading
IDOLS?
Yesterday was Groundhog day, in case you didn’t know. Every year we look forward to the end of winter and look to a chubby little woodchuck to determine whether we will have an early spring. At the same time, Bill … Continue reading
SAFE HARBOR
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© Like ships in the night, we pass through this life. We’re tossed and oft crushed by the waves, We sometimes sail peacefully then there comes strife. It seems not a single one … Continue reading
CHRISTMAS FAMILY SELFIE
Here it is, the last day of January and the whole family is all together again. As you recall, I spent Christmas Eve in the hospital. Our family from South Carolina (the four on the right – Amy and her … Continue reading
REACHING OUT
ART & POETRY BY PAUL & KATHY BOECHER© His hands are open to the world. He reaches out to heal, He touches and His will is done. He knows just how we feel, He took on human flesh to be … Continue reading
ANGEL OF LIGHT NO MORE
He was there – before the formation of the world. He fell from grace, but God allowed him to walk the earth. He was there in the garden causing God’s first inhabitants to doubt and be deceived. His end was … Continue reading
A BIG FAT CHESS GAME
“We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad. You must be, or you wouldn’t be here.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland I’ve refrained from the impeachment insanity for some time, because I refuse to be part of it. To … Continue reading
GIVE THANKS FOR YOUR LIFE
There’s so much meat in the New Testament for the new Christian, but lots of side dishes for the old one too. The Apostle, Paul was a man seeped in the Old Testament and the laws and traditions of the … Continue reading
