by Ellie | Apr 10, 2025 | blog, Uncategorized
Dark days hover over Jesus. He sees it, an amorphic shadow, a writhing wraith with no shape or form. He wrestles with it in the Garden but can get no solid grip. Judas’ kiss makes it visible, but that betrayal and his disciples’ precipitous flight simply love-stabs...
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...
