Vernie Lynn DeMille

Father, Farmer, Philosopher

Posted on June 20, 2021 by wp_admin

I picked up my fork and went to work beside him on the hillside, blood and sweat mingling under the Midwestern sun. He smiled at me and threw another thistle. “Farms and people need caretakers,” ... Read More

Gestation

Posted on May 11, 2021 by wp_admin

Share Gestation by Vernie Lynn DeMille Restraint, And not excess, Is truer power Than all the letting go Of our tongues, Our outrage, Our ire, and Our anger Which throws the reins Of our self... Read More

Earning My Eulogy

Posted on February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 by wp_admin

"I want to earn my eulogy. So someday in my children’s past, They’ll remember me as I wished I could be."... Read More

Awe: The Key to Happiness

Posted on December 22, 2020 by wp_admin

"There's another element, a base that underpins the actions, which is proving more and more to be the secret to happiness. And it's not something you do so much as it is how you see the world."... Read More

Little Ethel: A Christmas Story of Faith and Family

Posted on December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 by wp_admin

ShareLittle Ethel: A Christmas Story of Faith and Family (From the book “Walking My Father’s Fields: Love Letters from a Daughter of the Land” by Vernie Lynn DeMille) Princi... Read More

Gratitude Therapy

Posted on November 21, 2020 by wp_admin

"Gratitude doesn't change our problems, it changes our perspective on our problems. God didn't just want gratitude FROM me, He wanted gratitude FOR me, because He knew that living in gratitude is ho... Read More

Reproductive Equality

Posted on September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 by wp_admin

To color his barrier to success and wealth With the threat of death. To throw down his worst and call it my best. To claim equal if I Step down where he stands. Beneath me where he lives, Outside of... Read More

Dinner Guests

Posted on September 16, 2020September 17, 2020 by wp_admin

And reason bids me obey The law-giving Jehovah, With the exact obedience Of the law-living Christ.... Read More

Sunday Morning Musings: The Greatest of these is Charity

Posted on August 9, 2020August 10, 2020 by wp_admin

Share Sunday Morning Musings: I’ve seen so much anger around me this week, and I’ve felt some of it as well. I’ve seen people divided by political views, cultural expec... Read More