by Carole Duff | Feb 24, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
It’s easy to worship God and praise Him for the beauty of His creation, even when it’s cold and there’s snow on the ground. It’s also easy to worship idols, often without realizing that’s what we’re doing. Today, reflections on worship from David Zahl, David Foster...
by Carole Duff | Jun 24, 2024 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
“You can buy the property or not, your choice,” my daughter Jessica said to Abigail, her 7-year-old daughter. We three were playing the kids’ version of Monopoly. Abigail, who always went first—youngest to oldest—had landed on the Ice Cream Shop. Abigail counted her...
by Carole Duff | Jun 9, 2014 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
“Faith is a choice like any other,” Mary Karr wrote in Lit, a memoir about alcoholism and redemption. More than anything, Lit is about making choices – the difficult ones. The title reflects a choice people make every day, and the consequences. Anyone...
by Carole Duff | Aug 3, 2026 | Faith, Nature |
“We can afford that,” Keith said when I asked him about possibly having to re-drill the wells for our geothermal system. Afford as in bearing the cost. With the drought, one of the wells seems to have gone dry. The deep well that provides water to the house...
by Carole Duff | May 4, 2026 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Writing and Reading |
Last Friday, Keith and I made a decision to let our newly adopted dog Lark off-leash, to give him freedom to explore. We’d prepared him for this moment. For ten days, I walked him on leash to familiarize him with the boundaries of our property, the sights, sounds, and...
