Making Fresh-Squeezed Lemonade with Kids

This year my kids will be old enough for some of the activities that summertime allows. The thought of having soft green grass as a backdrop – in just a few more weeks! – makes me want even more to start blowing bubbles and collecting sand castle forms. This past week we had a little free time, plus eight lemons that had been sitting in my crisper drawer. The lemons were perfectly “cured” (in other words, we had been planning this for several days before... Read More

June 5 – John 15:12

John 15:12 Amp This is My commandment, that you love one another [just] as I have loved you. So this God we serve and demands that we obey Him, what does He command? Love each other. Love each other. In the same way that He loves us. In my Bible beside this verse, I wrote, “Show me how, Jesus.” That was thirty years ago, and I’m still asking. Laying down our own selfish, self-centered lives to love each other. To serve. To be all there, present with... Read More