When God wants to show you what human nature is like separated from Himself, He shows it to you in yourself.

~ Oswald Chambers
When you have exhausted all the possibilities,
remember this -
you haven't.
~ Thomas Edison
Poetry takes something
that we know already
and turns it into something new.
~ T.S. Eliot

Remember that
the darkest hour
only lasts 60 minutes

~ on the girls' bathroom wall/Gordon College
Creativity
is a way
of living
Life
~ Madeleine L'Engle
If you're going through Hell,
don't stop!
~ a great song I can't remember (anyone know?)
Planting seeds
inevitably
changes my feelings
about rain.
~ Luci Shaw (from her poem "Forecast")
Beware of paying attention
or going back to what you once were,
when God wants you to be something
that you have never been.
~ Oswald Chambers

Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves,
for they shall never cease to be amused.

~ unknown

Experience is something you don't get
until just after you need it.

~ unknown

Is prayer your steering wheel
or your spare tire?

~ Corrie Ten Boom

Even if you're on the right track
you'll get run over if you just sit there.

~ Will Rogers

Don`t cry yet;
there`s still God!

~ Carissa Cooper

Use what talents you possess:
the woods would be very silent
if no birds sang there
except those that sang best.

~ Henry Van Dyke

Spiritual warfare
isn't just casting out demons;
it's Spirit-controlled thinking
and attitudes.

~ Dean Sherman/YWAM
The first demand any work of art
makes upon us is surrender.
Look.  Listen.  Receive.
Get yourself out of the way.
~ C.S. Lewis
a children's book is
any book
a child will read.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
I would like to
paint the way a bird sings.
~ Claude Monet

When writing,
be more or less
specific

~ unknown

Hope means hoping
when things are hopeless,
or it is no virtue at all.
Faith means believing the incredible,
or it has no virtue at all.

~ G.K. Chesterton
Doubt comes from a struggling mind.
Unbelief comes from a struggling will.
~ Chuck Missler
All shall be well
and all shall be well
and all manner of things shall be well.
~ Julian of Norwich
I loved Christmas
until I grew up and realized
I had to make it happen!
~ an exasperated customer at the Living Cornerstone bookstore
The best translation of the word "love"
is the name Jesus;
That will tell us everything about love
we need to know.
~ Canon Tallis
Two classes of human beings defy
psychological categorizing
and are full of surprises:
Poets and Saints.
~ Sigmund Freud

One good thing about being wrong
is the joy it brings to others.

~ unknown

Start by doing what's necessary,
then what's possible,
and suddenly you are doing
the impossible.

~ St. Francis of Assisi

My best friend is a person who
will give me a book
I have not read.

~ Abraham Lincoln
It is the nature of grace
always
to fill spaces
that have been empty.
~ Goethe
Do not have your concert first, and then
tune your instrument afterwards.
Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer,
and get first of all into harmony with Him.
~ Hudson Taylor

You will ask me where I get my ideas...I cannot tell you with certainty; they come unsummoned...in the silence of the nights, early in the morning... tones that sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.

~ Ludwig Von Beethoven

"Maybe you've not yet tasted
your favorite food"
(regarding the feast prepared for us in heaven) 

~ Randy Alcorn in Tell Me About Heaven

Photo Albums

Top Right Rotating Pictures
Location: from everywhere!
These are some photos of Lisa's recent adventures, presented in the top right of your front page screen. They are randomly scrolling, which is how full my life feels sometimes, but you can see the album here to find out where those friends are from.		 Web Background Photos

Full View of Background Photos from Website front page
Lisa's Friendly Welcome Photos

These are the photos of Lisa that you see on the top left of your screen		 Cool Person Steve Galiley
Location: Upstate New York
Steve is our Cool Person feature from Jan 15-Feb 15, 2008. Here are some photos to help you get to know him better.
Lisa's Cats: 2007 Highlights
Location: Lisa's Home
For those of you who are counting, there are 8 cats here...you may have to read some cat stories in the writing section to get caught up...		 Phrases of Memory

Another of Lisa's Artist's Books...this one is about all the different ways to access memory
The Red Maple Tree

An artist's book by Lisa..."a story to be read in the wintertime" tells about seasons of change...		 The Grandma Book

Lisa's Artist's Book about letters from Grandma
Castles in the Sand

Lisa's Artist's Book of her short story about two children building a sand castle.		 Leaves and Trains

A fun Artist's Book by Lisa which explores images and texture to create a feeling of motion
They Say

3D Fan Book from Lisa's Artist's Book collection...see the Artists' Book section for more details!		 Memory Wave

Lisa's Mini-Artist's Book about the pieces of memory that often don't connect anywhere
In Transition

Lisa's Artist's Book pairing poetry about changes and images that are transient, too		 I Never Knew He Had a Sister

Lisa's Artist's Book of a photographic moment with a family memory
Slide Show at Al's Memorial Service

While no longer in chronolgical order here, you can enjoy all the photos we saw at the Memorial Service...		 Photos from Al's Memorial Service March 21, 2009
Wallkill, NY
Some photos from our service celebrating Dad's life!