Kim Merritt Blog

It is a cold and snowy winter so far, and I am longing for the days of sun on my face and hope in my heart. His light warms me today as I remember a song I wrote many years ago called “Held High, Held Close” (some of the lyrics below). I wrote it while pondering the fact that God is HOLY and HE is LIGHT, in fact so bright that no man can look upon Him. Yet through Jesus, I can approach Him. I have been on that theme again in my thought life, as I am reading a book that keeps

Commissioned painting for Bullmontro6 Farms GODLINESS?  Um…Ew! My very sin-sick flesh despises even the thought of studying out that...

When we started planning our annual spring Ladies Banquet at church and we came up with the theme of “Restoration”, I had a few questions...

I recently finished teaching a series of lessons to my ladies Sunday School class about the prostitute Rahab from the book of Joshua, who...

I haven’t been employed since around 1988 (when 1st baby Erin arrived), other than a brief summer temp. job at a daycare about 20 years...

I have a story about God’s way of interacting in my life. HE orchestrated an elaborate series of events and providential circumstances...

Introducing Gruntbrush! This character was imagined and created into a wonderfully fun children's book written by my son Noah Merritt....

For many, many years, our family had a music ministry called Land of Harvest, and had a website to go with it. But the kids grew up, and...