After I read several books by Matthew Kelly, I decided to be more intentional about holy moments. To seek out ways to share love and thus spread the holiness of God into my community. A “thank you” to the person at Target who cleans the grimy carts A “God bless you. It will get better” …
With all the natural disasters, political upheavals and the scourge of COVID, I’m re-thinking the topic of Hope. Not that I have abandoned its importance, but rather thinking how Hope presents itself and how we react to it. All this reflection has led me to believe that Hope exists in layers. Layer One: The Everyday …
The following guest post is written by Jena Fellers. Do you love surprises? Me, too. But I always hope for good surprises. Recently, my husband asked me to join him delivering for Door Dash. He had decided to try Door Dash to earn extra income and wanted to see how feasible it was. From the …
Patience is NOT one of my virtues. Yet it seems as I grow older, God requires more instruction involving patience. Once again, I sit in his school of waiting. When we wait, our first question is “When?” When will the answers come? How much longer do I need to wait? Is there a deeper purpose …
She is often overlooked as a mere secondary character in Genesis. Yet Hagar’s story contains one of the most insightful verses of all time. Hagar may have been fairly young as the maid servant of Sarai, Abram’s wife. Because Sarai was not able to conceive, she convinced Abram to take Hagar as his concubine. Hagar …
Some of my she-roes are women who live with chronic pain. Day after day, decade after decade. Their endurance puts me to shame. During 2020 – 2021, I experienced just a taste of what they deal with all the time. My chronic pain began with a single step. Most accidents around the home do not …
As I walked out of Target, violin music reverberated its lovely sound. Plaintive yet smooth. Obviously a professional recording. Or was it? I walked toward my car and looked around the parking lot. Were those melodic notes coming from a car’s stereo? If so, where? The music sounded too fresh, too lovely to be a …
It is difficult to stay in hope while we are living within darkness. Consider the faith of Mary Magdalene. Scripture tells us, “While it was still dark, she went to the tomb” (John 20:1). While it was still dark, her faith was strong enough to visit the grave of her Lord. She wanted to be …
A friend and I were talking about changing expectations. By now, we both expected certain things in life to have occurred. Situations such as: The house paid for — free and clear Our children settled and happy 2.5 grandchildren A lifetime of marriage to draw on — the whole happily-ever-after dream (cue the Disney music) …
A national magazine asked me to write an article about becoming emotionally overwhelmed. So I hammered out 1600+ words. Yet, even as I wrote, another reminder of self-care affected my thought processes. It has taken me so many years to believe and write this truth. But one purpose of a blog is to be forthright …