by Marilou Lyons | Jun 20, 2022 | Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Last week my daughter and son-in-law Tim Holmes hosted at their home a reunion for people who attended Southside Baptist Church when it was on August Road in the ’60’s and ’70’s. Walt served as pastor...
by Marilou Lyons | Jun 13, 2022 | Devotionals
A Thoughtful Word from Elizabeth Rice Handford You’ll grant that Psalm 119:29 is an odd prayer, won’t you? Lord, keep me from lying to myself. How could you possibly lie to yourself? Wouldn’t you realize right away that what you were telling yourself simply wasn’t...
by Marilou Lyons | Jun 6, 2022 | Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Remember the refrain from the children’s book, “The Little Engine That Could”? As the small engine worked to pull an impossible load, it sang, “I think I can! I think I can!” That engine, built only to shuttle...
by Marilou Lyons | May 31, 2022 | Devotionals
Elizabeth Rice Handford Thinking about my 95th birthday My family and friends celebrated my 95th birthday the other day, with balloons and food and gifts and signs in my front yard. I guess it’s true; my body’s been saying so for some time. I remember talking to...
by Marilou Lyons | May 26, 2022 | Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Handford “A crazy man lives there,” my girl friends would giggle as we passed a small house on our way to school every day. The “crazy” man’s house was on West Seminary Street, just four blocks from our home in Wheaton, Illinois....
