October 31 - Martin Luther posted his 95 Thesis on the Wittenberg door 487 years ago today, October 31. He preached salvation by grace and ...

Tony and I hauled the dogs to the vet this morning. What an ordeal. It's like, I don't know, nothing you've ever experienced. Th...

I've probably sung "Open The Eyes of My Heart Lord" a hundred times. Friday night during worship at Freedom Christian Center, ...

Driving to church with Cassie this morning, we talked about beauty and favor. What does it mean to know the beauty of the Lord? Mike Bickle ...

So the night was October '04, but oh, what a night! After the birthday dinner for Elizabeth, a couple of us came back to the house to wa...

Ah, a good day. My kind of day. It's lovely outside, and I'm watching college football. Though no Ohio State game. I got Ga Tech ver...

Friday fables? Do you think there are really Friday fables? There are not. Ha! Our internet returned yesterday. I went into the office t...

How often we don't realize we rely on something until we don't have it? Getting our power back Tuesday felt like Christmas. We jumpe...

Wow! Another hurricane visit. I'm am all hurricane partied out! Jeanned passed through five miles north of the Frances path, and one hou...

I'm home from Denver and the third annual Write From The Heart conference. What a great week. Tiring, but good. I flew out on Monday to ...

I see things differently after a week of viewing life through the eye of Hurricane Frances. Less is more. Looming mountains are more often c...

Asa Montgomery Hayes came into the world Monday night. His oxygen levels were low, so they did some test to find his heart is wired wrong. ...

I'm on my new computer! I really love it. It's small, light and I'm watching a Frasier DVD as I type! Well, I'm typing and ...

No, it's not Saturday in the park and it's not the 4th of July. It's Saturday in the house, 21st of August. ;) We slept in, ...

Rain, wind gusts and a few light flickers. Hurrican Charlie passed north of us and we experience no more trauma than a good rain. We waited ...

First week Well, not quite a whole week, but four days of freedom from day job. So far, so good. I'm a chapter behind in my writing s...

My first day at Harris was October 1986. Almost eighteen years ago. Today was my last day. It isn't amazing to think that part of who I ...

Our fourth summer conference concluded last night. I say last night cause it's 2:15 am on Sunday, August 1. In The Fire, the conferen...

I resigned my job of many, many years. Tony and I finally decided it was time. We prayed and talked, talked and prayed. We felt it was the L...

Welcome to Rachel's new web site. We're still making everything work just right, but feel free to leave Rachel a message in the ...