While studying the book of Esther at Bible Study, I noticed that the Jews had chosen to stay in exile in the land of Persia.

The disturbing image captured my attention.

Have you ever felt just "blah?"

School begins so much earlier these days than when I was a child.

I love singing the children's song, "This Little Light of Mine" with my grandgirlies …

What is the name of that warm up song the orchestra plays at the beginning of a concert?

I have two “little” grandgirlies, one toddler and one pre-schooler. It’s interesting to watch them develop handedness, one of many skills learned in those early years. They go back and forth between right and left at will. I think one will be left handed, maybe both. I’m so right handed that I can’t imagine it.

I love sitting in my screened porch, early in the morning during the summer, with my devotionals, Bible, and a hot latte.

As a conservative, evangelical, concerned citizen, patriotic to the core, this has been a difficult week. Wrapping my brain around the changes instituted by the Supreme Court's decision regarding gay marriage has led to lots of reading and research about what this means and how it will impact the Christian community.

I was very active in the political arena in California for 25 years before I moved to Arizona nine years ago. I can remember one other day when I felt as low as I feel today and it was the day Bill Clinton beat George HW Bush.