Shooting Over the Horizon

Sojourning

  • Envy and Contentment

    Contentment… arghhh! I keep getting this message from a variety of sources!  Perhaps you share my condition – I think the Lord would have us move this from our heads to our hearts, don’t you?  I mean, I totally assent… Continue reading

  • To Die Is Gain

    On the afternoon of Sunday, July 31, Jamison & Kathryne Pals, along with their three children Ezra (3 years), Violet (23 months), and Calvin (2 months) were all killed in a rear-end collision. They were pronounced dead at the scene… Continue reading

  • New Year

    O Lord, Length of days does not profit me except the days are passed in thy presence, in thy service, to thy glory. Give me a grace that precedes, follows, guides, sustains, sanctifies, aids every hour, that I may not… Continue reading

  • Year’s End

    O Love Beyond Compare, Thou art good when Thou givest, when Thou takest away, when the sun shines upon me, when night gathers over me. Thou hast loved me before the foundation of the world, and in love didst redeem… Continue reading

  • The Cares of the World

    When I first came to Christ back in the 1980s, my testimony included how I had been delivered from fear and worry. I confess, it’s been a long time now since I realized that somewhere along the way I wrested… Continue reading

  • This is the Day… Let Us Rejoice and Be Glad in It

    With Valentine’s Day approaching a couple of weeks ago, I picked up my dad to go out with him to look for a gift for his wife. It’s probably safe to say that gift-giving is not one of my dad’s… Continue reading

  • Aslan’s Country

    It’s almost unforgivable, I know, but here I stand in the second half of life, only just having completed C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia. And what an ending (or beginning) awaits the reader in The Last Battle, book 7!… Continue reading

  • Remembering Mom, Ten Years Down the Road

    Today, my mom has been gone for 10 years. As I remember her, I try not to dwell on that long heart-wrenching day we knew would be her last.  I want to focus on her person and on her presence… Continue reading

  • Untitled Post

    Chris Rice’s Untitled Hymn has been on my mind a lot lately.  It’s such a simple song, but I cannot sing it without getting choked up. By the way, family, any of the songs I’ve posted would be good to… Continue reading

  • Turn Around

    Here’s a guest post from my dear husband, Dana. Where are you going my baby my own Turn around and you’re two Turn around and you’re four Turn around and you’re a young girl Going out of the door Turn… Continue reading