Fall-Winter 2020 Newsletter

Musings—At the birth of Jesus, the angels proclaimed that God was sending us “peace on earth, good will to men” (Luke 2:14). But, frankly, to understate it, the world does not seem to have much peace these days. The pandemic keeps going and even increasing. Terrorism still threatens brothers and sisters in Christ in many …

September-October 2020 Letter from Diane

Dear GC Friend: Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits— who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies …

July-August Letter from Diane

July-August 2020 Letter from Diane Dear GC Friend: Looking back at the previous 2020 issues of the Letter from Diane, I see the themes that formed a pattern: grace, contentment, freedom in Christ. Originally, I planned to write next on blessing. But a number of things have recommended to my heart the theme of justice …

May-June 2020 Letter from Diane

Dear GC Friend: Here in Michigan the stay-in-place order has been lifted, as it has been in most places in the USA.  At first, we were cautious about even starting to go out—it felt strange. Then, we began to see family (hallelujah!). Finally, we have been to visit the Frederik Meijer Flower & Sculpture Gardens …

March-April 2020 Letter from Diane

Dear GC Friend: A great question to ask ourselves in these slower, quieter times is, What am I learning? At the beginning of the stay home restriction, there were lots and lots of projects around the house and at Grandma’s Comfort. Little things, to be sure, but even busy work can be satisfying. Then I …

Spring 2020 Newsletter

SPRING-SUMMER 2020 Musings—As recommended, we have been staying in our home during the disease spread. But I can’t help but muse on all those who are homeless and have no home or are cooped up in a shelter.  And I pray for them as well as the generous and servant-hearted people who are caring for …

January-February 2020 Letter from Diane

January-February 2020 Letter from Diane Dear GC Friend: Although He lived in a geographical area small enough to walk from north to south and east to west over and over again in His lifetime, Jesus touched the lives of a variety of people in many different ways. He sat on a hillside, stood in a …

End of 2019 Letter from Diane

Have you chosen a word for the coming year that you want to aspire to, meditate on, that others can see in you? Perhaps you will want to select a word from the Word of God, such as Patience, Love, Gentleness, Kindness, Joy. And there are many more! What will you choose this year? At …

Musings, Fall-Winter 2019

“O little town of Bethlehem” wrote Rector Phillips Brooks in 1865 from horseback looking on Bethlehem ahead of him in the night. To him it did indeed look “still” with a “deep and dreamless sleep” as the “silent stars go by.” What a fantastic emotional, spiritual insight he experienced that night. But, of course, Bethlehem …

Summer to Fall Letter from Diane

Every June our daughter helps us plant the front and side flower beds, as well as two planters and one small pot. Before planting, though, we go to a stimulating and overflowing garden center to choose the current year’s colors, theme, and “look.” This year we chose a deep purple/black with chartreuse, off-white, and a …