by Elaine McAllister | Aug 13, 2024 | Faith, Grace, Life, Perspective, Prayer, Reflecting God, Trusting God
I have always appreciated a great challenge and I’ve succeeded at more than a few over my lifetime. Oh, but I’m not finished. There’s always room for improvement. Right? The Good and Beautiful series written by James Bryan Smith provided my most...
by Elaine McAllister | Jul 11, 2024 | Faith, Family, Friends, Life, Perspective, Reflecting God, Trusting God, Uncategorized, Words Have Power, Writing
How often in our Christian walk do we praise God, serve others, and care for our families UNTIL our paths are suddenly obscured by unknown circumstances? My husband and I were on our way to Wichita last week and I was reading as he drove. Breaking the silence – my...
by Elaine McAllister | Jun 14, 2024 | Faith, Family, Life, Memories, Pandemic, Perspective, Prayer, Thankfulness, Trusting God
A couple of years ago, I saw something in nature that gave me a new perspective on life and death; on caregiving. It was Day 12 of my husband’s fight for life. I was en route to the hospital where he was battling Covid Pneumonia – a long, battle with many...
by Elaine McAllister | Jul 11, 2023 | Faith, Friends, Life, Perspective, Reflecting God, Trusting God, Truth
Have you ever been so challenged by a book that you couldn’t put it down except to catch your breath and process its message before you pick it up and begin to read again? Check out this book, The Good and Beautiful God, by James Bryan Smith. THE CHARACTER OF...
by Elaine McAllister | Mar 16, 2023 | Faith, Life, Perspective, Reflecting God, Thankfulness, Trusting God, Writing
How can it be? I’m seated next to the One who came to save the world. Yet, only He knows what lies ahead. No one else knows…well, except for me! I was given a glance into the future – a flash forward, if you will. I know what’s coming but the...
by Elaine McAllister | Mar 11, 2023 | Family, Generational Storytelling, Life, Mini-Memoirs, Trusting God, Writing
Fierce storms battered the small fleet of forty ships accompanying William Penn and his family to a colony to be named Pennsylvania. Charles II of England granted this colony to Penn, and he gathered other Quakers and set sail on the 5th day of the 7th month of 1682....
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