by Marilou Lyons | Mar 28, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Ask my kids, and they’ll tell you I’m a competitor. I play to win. (Not that I always win, you understand; it’s just that I aim to win.) My competitive spirit is so strong, I find it hard, when I’m playing checkers...
by Marilou Lyons | Mar 23, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Do you remember, when you were a child, how very long it took for your birthday to come again? Later on in life, I’ve discovered, birthdays seem to come too soon. But it is true: tomorrow will come.And the question...
by Marilou Lyons | Mar 16, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford St. Patrick’s grave at Downpatrick How exciting it is to find out that what you thought was just a pleasant fairy tale about a brave hero turns out to be genuine, satisfying historic truth. That’s what happens when...
by Marilou Lyons | Mar 7, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Handford If you are a mathematician you already know what a mobius strip is. Since I’m not a mathematician, and have no hope of becoming one, the idea of a mobius strip facinates me. Take a strip of paper, hold one end of it,...
by Marilou Lyons | Mar 1, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Years ago my husband and I were walking through the Ford Museum in Dearborn when he stopped me by a huge Farmall F-20 tractor. “There,” Walt said, “that’s the tractor I bought last week. They’ll deliver it next...
by Marilou Lyons | Feb 20, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
We agree. don’t we, that a boss doesn’t hire a salesman because he’s handsome, but because he’s an effective salesman. A mother doesn’t spend her time on making the house pretty so her neighbors will be impressed. Rather she creates a home, a refuge, for her husband...
