by Elaine McAllister | Oct 16, 2025 | Faith, Life, Perspective, Reflecting God, Trusting God, Words Have Power
When reading the Bible do you ever visualize the story in your mind’s eye? A friend of mine once shared devotions at a staff meeting I attended. She retold an all-too-familiar Bible story but with such excitement and passion that every listener was enthralled. We were...
by Elaine McAllister | Jun 24, 2025 | Faith, Family, Life, Mini-Memoirs, Perspective, Prayer, Thankfulness, Trusting God
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about my uncle (Jim) who was killed in Vietnam in 1969. When his older brother (David) was drafted later that year, our family was devastated to learn he, too, was being sent to the front lines in that jungle war. That blog Is There...
by Elaine McAllister | Jun 15, 2025 | Ancestor Profiles, Faith, Family, Generational Storytelling, Life, Memories, Mini-Memoirs, Perspective, Thankfulness, Trusting God
Vietnam was once an ugly, never-to-be-forgotten war zone where young Americans died at a much-too-rapid pace. Soldiers trudged through steamy jungles where ugliness was up close and personal, while a different kind of torture plagued their friends and families back...
by Elaine McAllister | Jun 15, 2025 | Faith, Family, Life, Memories, Perspective, Prayer, Trusting God
Vietnam was once an ugly, never-to-be-forgotten war zone where young Americans died at a much-too-rapid pace. Soldiers trudged through steamy jungles where ugliness was seen up close and personal. A different kind of torture plagued their friends and families back...
by Elaine McAllister | May 20, 2025 | Ancestor Profiles, Faith, Family, Generational Storytelling, Life, Mini-Memoirs, Trusting God
Four-year-old Susan happily played with her older sister and brothers on the deck of the S.S. Teutonia as the steady waves of the North Atlantic Ocean lulled newborn Abraham to sleep. It was late August of 1874 when the Jacob and Susanna Block family embarked on this...
by Elaine McAllister | Oct 16, 2024 | Faith, Family, Grace, Life, Prayer, Reflecting God, Trusting God, Truth
Life is but a breath of air. One, followed by another, then another. At some point, we breathe our last. Only God knows when our life on Earth will end. That reality hits harder with every passing year. Like an ever-expanding snowball speeding down a hill, names are...
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