Share Stones of Memorial By Susan Niswonger / last year Some time ago, I watched a funeral of an elderly lady over the internet. This is the fourth funeral I have watched in the last few years. These were people I have seen and heard all my life, yet I have never shaken their hand, spoken to them, or even been introduced. She was not […]
Share Searching For Lost Signal By Susan Niswonger / last year Searching For Lost Signal My life is now run by satellite. Forty years ago, we were amazed at the futuristic technology portrayed on Star Trek and James Bond. The actors were able to go places and accomplish things found only in the daydreams of adventurous screenwriters. Today, although, we still cannot be teleported to other […]
Share Don’t Let Me Miss The Glory By Susan Niswonger / last year Don’t Let Me Miss The Glory Moses had led the people out of Egypt, across the Red Sea. In Exodus, God commands Moses to go and take possession of the land of Canaan. God promised to send an angel before them and drive the enemy out of the land. Moses prayed, “God you know me […]
Share Today I Brought My Sons To The Temple By Susan Niswonger / last year Almost 31 years ago, God blessed me with a beautiful baby boy. Sixteen months later a second little boy arrived to complete our family. Both of my boys attended their first church service almost from birth; Steven at 4 days old and Philip at only 2 ½ days old. When they were only a few […]
Share I Can’t Seem To See What You Are Saying By Susan Niswonger / last year I Can’t Seem to See What You are Saying It had been one of those mornings I never want to repeat. The headache had been building since the day began, but I knew I couldn’t give in to the pain because two little boys were depending on me. Finally, Nathan was napping and Mickey Mouse […]
Share Impatience Will Always Birth An Ishmael By Susan Niswonger / last year Gr’ma, Gr’ma, Gr’ma, GR’MA!!!! Caleb’s impatience was coming through. I had promised him that we would go downstairs and play after I put Baby Nathan down for his morning nap. Caleb has the patience of a 3 year old and although he may understand the word “later,” later occurs to him much sooner than it […]
Share The Land Of Just Right By Susan Niswonger / last year Goldilocks was hungry, and there were three bowls of porridge and the story begins. She tasted Papa Bear’s porridge, but it was too hot, Mama Bear’s turned out to be too cold, but Baby Bear’s was JUST RIGHT, so she ate it all gone. Then Goldilocks set in Baby Bear’s JUST RIGHT chair until it […]
Share It’s The Power Behind The Story!!! By Susan Niswonger / last year Every year, after Thanksgiving, the controversy begins. Should I say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays? Is it Christmas Vacation or Winter Break? Can we sing Silent Night or should we stick with Jingle Bells for the School musical program? Should we chance setting up the Nativity Scene in front of the court house, a Christmas […]
Share Certain Death By Susan Niswonger / last year The nation has been consumed with Hurricane Ike for the last two days. For a few hours even politics and Sarah Palin reports were pre-empted. I was fascinated by the updates and progress reports. The forces of nature have a way of showing how helpless and vulnerable we are even with the latest technological advances. […]
Share God Does Not Negotiate By Susan Niswonger / last year As a child I frequently heard the words, “BECAUSE I SAID SO!” At that point I understood that arguing was futile and I had better get with the program. When was the last time you heard a parent speak those words and mean it? We hold open the refrigerator door for 15 minutes while our […]
