by Eleanor Gustafson | Sep 10, 2024 | blog, Uncategorized
??!!!!!?? My COFFIN, stored in our garage! It came about like this: Several years ago, we began thinking ahead—to a funeral director. A lengthy visit got our package settled. When inquiring about cremation, however, we learned that disposable caskets...
by Ellie | Aug 14, 2024 | blog, Uncategorized
Are you among those who don’t like the idea of fearing God? Let’s tame that down to Reverence or Awe. Much more manageable! Except that’s not God. A king or pope, maybe, but God is less definable. The word FEAR evokes strong emotion. What DO we fear? Pain, drunk...
by Eleanor Gustafson | Jun 20, 2024 | blog, Uncategorized
The house of my birth How many places have you lived over the course of your life? Here’s my list: ~Branchville, NJ, born at home on Wantage Ave, on one of the coldest days on record. ~Wheaton College, Illinois, dorm for two years, private house for two....
by Eleanor Gustafson | May 28, 2024 | blog, Uncategorized
I happened on a Gaelic Rune (a poem or saying from way back) that spoke to my heart. Yestreen means “yesterday evening”. Read it carefully. I saw a stranger yestreen. I put food in the eating place, in the sacred name of the Triune. He blessed myself and...
by Ellie | May 1, 2024 | blog, Uncategorized
I’m reading some interesting books, though my understanding of scientific terms is sketchy. A person born with zero math genes should shy away from such books, but I wade in fearlessly, grasping what I can. There’s a major war going on between Evolutionists and...
by Eleanor Gustafson | Mar 28, 2024 | blog
I struggle reading parts of the Bible. I don’t mean Leviticus or Judges. I’m talking Jesus’ crucifixion. It’s like I’m there on the cross, with Him. My sins are there, for sure, but I find my heart there, as well. Lent, in itself, is okay—doing soul prep,...
