Thank you once again for your prayers for our family. I had a chance to visit my mom in South Bend and she is doing so well! She is so blessed to be back in her own home with other family members there looking after her needs. We had the sweetest time together. Dan’s mother […]

In the Middle East, you will hear the word “inshallah’ attached to most plans in the making. This phrase means “if the Lord will’s it.” For some, it is a way to get out of something, and for others, it’s a lifestyle of knowing God ordains steps. “Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord […]

“When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, O Lord, I shall seek.” Psalm 27:8. I have often referred to my life as a long, many chaptered book, set in multiple locations and with an ever changing and growing cast of characters. However, it is also true, that our lives […]

On January 5, 2020, my dear Dad, Jim Graham, went home to be with the Lord. He lived a long and impactful life, although he was a quiet man. His kind and caring nature, his wonderful sense of humor and his deeply generous and concerned in others nature made him very special to so many, […]

“I have set the Lord continually before me;…” Psalm 16:8a NAS During the year she lived with us, my 89 year old mother often delighted us with her funny, insightful observations. One such time she asked me incredulously, ‘Deborah, is it really true that next year will be 2020??” When I answered in the affirmative, […]

One of our annual rhythms that we have established over the past few years, is to begin the New Year with a time of seeking the Lord afresh. We do our best to slow down the pace of life [so to speak] as much as we can and to spend some extra quality time with […]