Hi I'm Heather
Hi I'm Heather

Come stroll the trails with me on our 44 acre Midwest horse farm where I seek God in the ordinary and always find Him--the Extraordinary--wooing, teaching, wowing me with Himself. Thanks for visiting. I hope you will be blessed!

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Against the Grain

It is Easter morn . . . Oh my soul can hardly contain such joy! He has done it! Jesus, our Jesus has conquered the grave and rolled the death curse away! As the massive stone rolled uphill–impossible for any human to accomplish–so our Saviour rolled the death curse uphill and away from us forever! […]

As the Rooster Crows

It’s dawn.  Good Friday.  I am in my own little corner of the world, facing east.  Horizontal swath of peachy-orange hangs at the horizon over Lake Michigan, just visible from my perch.  Across the road on another farm . . . .   The rooster crows. The rooster crows like that every morning at dawn.  […]

A Pressing Post for Maundy Thursday

Oh, dear friend!  I am so sorry that your day was one of such pain.  The enemy of our souls had a terrific time ripping you to shreds just as he did to Jesus so many years ago with whip and thorns and nails.  You have endured so much suffering.  Thankfully, you KNOW our Savior […]

Jesus Still Resurrects

When I gave my life to Jesus at 16, I had just witnessed a miracle.  I saw Him resurrect someone from the dead—almost.  My piano teacher—a surrogate mother to me—had been diagnosed with stage four breast cancer when I was 13.  By the time I was 16, the cancer had metasticized to her bones, her brain, […]

One Step Towards Glory

Two weeks before my tenth birthday, humanity took its first step on the moon.  As I gazed at its full face in the vast night sky, I took my first step toward the One who created both man and moon.  And though I had not been in a church since my infant baptism, I decided […]

Behold, Your King!

June, 1996.  We stood on the Mount of Olives overlooking the holy city, Jerusalem on the other side of the Kidron Valley.  We saw the gates through which Jesus entered the city, and then the temple, on Palm Sunday when throngs of expectant and jubilant crowds cheered “Hosanna!” with palm branches waving.  Their king had […]

When What Hurts Most, Blesses Most

God’s ways are perfect.  God works all things together for good.  For years, these Scriptures gnawed at me.  When intense emotional pain pervades, the disconnect between head and heart seems so vast we fear there will be no crossing, no connecting of head and heart, ever again. So it has been in my life at […]

Words Have Meaning

Last week, we gave gifts in our group.  Seven young women and two older thought of each and wrote words—descriptive words of the way we see each woman as being gifted by God.   Two words jumped out from the cards given to me.  One I welcomed.  The other?  I winced. Encourager.  Exhorter. Both are […]

Drifting

Sheets of icy wind gusted straight from the west across open farm fields blasting snow banks along the road such that patches of black became invisible—treacherous. I kept both hands steady on the wheel and prepared for the drifts along the way.  One nearly caused us to fishtail.  We held our breath as our hearts […]

Your Barn Door’s Open

Picture this.  Monday morning, I head to the barn to feed the horses and realize I can’t get in through the access door.  A barrow full of manure had tipped over, dumping the entire content.  Not yet putting it all together, I move to my right and slide open the large barn doors. I stand […]

RETREAT!

When I was a kid, no stores were open on Sundays.  Whether you were Christian or not, went to church or not, no stores were open.  And we didn’t have Internet or cell phones.  Yes, we had television and radio but not much of interest was programmed on Sundays.  When I was a kid, it […]

The Purpose of Passion

My heart cries even though my eyes won’t.  And I fear that my heart is growing cold.  I fear it may freeze.  My flood of emotion might just surround me and hold me tight in its frozen grip. But today, I choose to live by faith and not feelings.  This is no easy feat for […]