Nancy C. Williams

“I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.” (Psalm 139:14) Fences are good…as long as you’re on one side of them. Good fences, as poet Robert Frost quoted, “make good neighbors.”* They discourage trespassing, keep livestock enclosed, and even protect us from ourselves. Fences, however, were never meant…

When the new year rolls around, most people make resolutions to lose weight, exercise, get their finances in order, etc. I’m working on all those, too. For starters, though, I clean house.  Well, let me clarify that…my husband prods me to clean house. To throw away or give away things that are no longer essential or desired.…

”There we saw the giants…and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.” (Numbers 13:33) My husband, Mark, is almost a giant—he’s 6’6” tall. Someone once called him “freakishly tall,” and the description stuck. Being tall is, for the most part, a nice attribute for him because people…

“Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord.” (Hosea 10:12) Snow! Who doesn’t love winter snow days? Well, everyone who has to get out in it for a living…all those who brave the cold and wet to get jobs done. I get it. But for those who get to cozy…

“‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’” (Luke 18:4b-5) The best Christmas present I received this year was an answer to prayer. When God answers our requests, sometimes He says “yes,” sometimes “no,” and sometimes “wait”—all according to…