For the last several days I have had the privilege of attending an art workshop in Santa Fe, NM. The class was taught by an incredibly gifted and generous artist, Sandra Duran Wilson (a link to her website is at the bottom).  One of our projects was to focus on our ancestors. Frankly, I don’t Read more

This painting is called “Deeply Rooted” and in my search for a Bible verse to go with this painting, I found two equally great contenders: Colossians 2:6-7 – “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were Read more

Galations 5: 22-23 says, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Now I will get back to that verse in a minute but let me first set some modern-day context.  I live in Houston, Texas where we have traffic with a capital T.  We have Read more

This is a painting that I struggled with because, as usual, I tried to do it on my own and ended up with a mess!  Then, as usual, God began to redeem my mess once I let him direct my path.  I began to see the face of Jesus in the painting and then, two Read more

As I began to paint a few months ago, God decided that it was time to teach me a few lessons.  Not art lessons – life lessons! First and foremost, He is teaching me to live “in dependence” on Him.  Please note the short space between “in” and “dependence.”  Take that away and you have Read more