I just watched Nicole Mullen’s music video entitled “One Touch”.   She is speaking about all of us and how we go through life – many rejected – many feeling hopeless – and others ashamed.  She sings about touching His garment and states “If only I could touch the hem of His garment ”  The point that is so clear is that we have that opportunity – to touch the hem … Read more

I was reading in the Psalms this morning and I knew exactly what the writer meant. “He led them by a straight way”… I can remember too well the crooked path that had been present for much of my life. I was trying to find my own way – maybe by myself – or with others struggling to find their way as well. It’s a … Read more

I’m sitting here looking at a picture of my papa. It’s so strange – he was here – on this earth. Breathing the air I breathe. Walking on the same pavements – smiling at the same people who are left here with me….for now. I lost my papa in 2004. He passed away in his sleep. It was such a tragedy. We had no time to … Read more

I recently did some work in Alamogordo, New Mexico.  The Chief Nursing Officer told me to be sure and visit White Sands while I was there.  Well, you could see the sands (glistening stream of white) from Alamogordo – and they must have been 20 miles away.  So, I thought….well…..ok, white sands…I’ll take a look.  The most important thing she told me was to drive … Read more

It was a Mennonite Sister who taught me a great lesson many years ago.  I had seen the sisters. I knew who they were – but really didn’t know who they were. I was working a 3-11 shift at a small rural hospital in North Carolina and a young Mennonite woman came in to deliver triplets – and she had a year old child at … Read more