Gracie has some hymns to help you begin your Sabbath day: Day by Day; Morning Has Broken; I Sing the Mighty Power of God; Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee. DAY BY DAY, by Carolina Sandell 1 Day by day and with each passing moment, Strength I find to meet my trials here; Trusting in my Father’s […]
A Year on the Ground
A year ago today was the last time I got on an airplane; I was flying back to the Twin Cities from Bozeman, MT following a couple of days skiing at Big Sky and a couple of days exploring Yellowstone National Park in the winter. While the coronavirus was just beginning to filter into our […]
Hymns on a Snowy Sunday
Gracie’s hymns for this morning are: I Want to Be Like Jesus; Love Divine, All Loves Excelling; Lord, Make Me Like You. LYRICS: I WANT TO BE LIKE JESUS, by Thomas O. Chisolm 1 I have one deep, supreme desire,that I may be like Jesus.To this I fervently aspire,that I may be like Jesus.I want […]
Hymns of The Word
Gracie’s hymns this week focus our hearts on the Word of God. Break Thou the Bread of LifeO Word of God IncarnateHoly Bible Book Divine LYRICS (via hymnary.org) BREAK THOU THE BREAD OF LIFE, by Mary A. Lathbury 1 Break now the bread of life, dear Lord, to me, as once you broke the loaves beside […]
I Miss China | Dancing Granny
One of the things I miss about China is the ubiquitousness of public dancing. It seemed that no matter where I went I would always come across people dancing. In the northeast, where I lived for 8 years, ladies would gather in parks and on street corners in the early evening to dance Yang’ge, a […]
Doxology for the Frozen
We are in the upswing from nearly 2 weeks of what I like to call “stupid cold” here in Minnesota. That means 116 hours of below zero (F) temps (not even close to a record, though). Some people put on extra extra layers and try to get outside to do fun stuff, but for the […]
