Who am I? So many labels can be applied to any of our lives. I'm a born-again follower of Jesus Christ, a pastor's wife, an author, mother, grandmother, musician, and blogger, and podcaster. "Beyond Common Sense" is a place where I share "Lessons Learned While Walking with Jesus." I have found that not only is God everywhere, but He teaches us through our experiences and common, ordinary examples from His world. From the inchworm to the tragedy of my husband's fall, all of these hold timeless truths handed to us by our heavenly Father to draw us closer to Him. How wonderful! What a privilege to share some of those lessons... with you!
Well, after three days of weeding, I can see my garden again! The old grey mare just can’t work as long as she used to! I have to admit, that I wonder why I do this! The past few years has not been as profitable as I’d have liked, and this year doesn’t look too … More It was there all along!
Well, it finally happened – I looked down and noticed a stone missing from my ring. I’ve been worried about the prongs; so I took it to several places and they all warned me that the prongs were in bad shape. I looked at in under a very powerful magnifying glass and noticed that the … More What happens when you don’t heed the warnings!
Beauty – here’s a different perspective!!! “A few years back, there was an overweight hillbilly woman who worked in the local store I our hometown. Every time we went into the hardware store, several men would be standing around the counter talking to her, and they were always laughing. We usually had to wade through … More Beautiful Woman (Part Two)
The following is one of my favorite poems, and it’s dedicated to all you dear Christian soldiers out there who will be teaching or preaching or singing or serving in some way in your church tomorrow. I have heard a lot of people talking about the sad state of Christianity today: no interest, no commitment, … More Opportunity
This really isn’t a subject that I’m personally familiar with! The only time I’ve been called beautiful is the day I walked up the aisle – bless my dear husband-to-be! I’ve often been thankful that I wasn’t beautiful. There are many pitfalls for the raving beauties. We are a visual society, and if you don’t … More Woe to Beautiful Women
Ah, my first day of a new year – I’m only twenty-two minutes into this fifty-fourth year and God’s Spirit calls me from my lovely bed, stirring my heart and thoughts. Now if only I can harness them and pull them all together into one communicable blog! It started when I awoke from a dream … More “Mind” Your Master!
“If life is a bowl full of cherries, then why am I in the pits?” I’m sure you’ve all heard that statement before! Well, for me, today has been a day loaded with cherries! It started in the cherry orchard at 7:30 am. My dear husband went with me to pick them, and what a … More A Bowl Full of Cherries
A family in our church makes goat’s soap (Naturally Soothing), and we put small bars into our welcome packages. The bars are stored in the church office. Recently, I went into the office for something and caught a whiff of the beautiful smell of goat’s soap; it almost made me cry because that dear family … More A Sweet Savour
How do you write a story? Where do the thoughts come from? I’m not sure how other writers answer that question, but for me, I believe with all my heart that the idea for Twelve Smooth Stones came from my heavenly Father, hence the dedication: I dedicate this book to my gracious Heavenly Father, who … More Twelve Smooth Stones – The Way of Truth
I couldn’t bear the thought of another year of ‘babying’ Tilly – trying to coax her to perform; so, we took her to the shop. I was ready to buy a new tiller until I priced them! Then I looked on Craig’s list and laughed when I saw a tiller in worse shape than Tilly … More The new Tilly!
