On Friday nights, I finish in my office, shut the door, and find a good movie to watch. It helps me deprogram from the week and escape into either a good biography, a drama, or sometimes — even one of those predictable Hallmark movies. One Friday, I happened upon a movie I had never seen …
During this turbulent year of so many worldwide problems, I still do my usual thank you’s: Thank you, God, for the food in my belly. So many people are hungry today. Thank you for the roof over my head. Many are homeless or displaced. Thank you for my son and daughter-in-love … always. Yet now, …
They raise their chartreuse heads above the frosted grass. At first, I am cheered by the bright yellow dots in my yard. “It will soon be time for the garden,” I tell the cat. Her tawny eyes reflect with understanding. But by the time dandelions lose their sunshiny tops and begin to climb higher, then …
As we continue to discover the qualities of each Saturday Sister, Hope shows itself in the persevering life of Sharon. For over twenty years, my Saturday Sisters have met together – usually monthly – to eat lunch, talk about our families and prayer requests, to do life together. Sister Sharon and I have shared fun …
With all the natural disasters we’ve seen in 2017, I’m re-thinking the topic of hope. Not that I have abandoned its importance, but rather thinking how it presents itself and how we react to it. All this reflection has led me to believe hope exists in layers. Layer One: The everyday expression of hope. We …
We have recently celebrated Holy Week with its tragic Friday event and the victorious Resurrection Sunday. But the day in the middle – the silent Saturday – lives on in many of our lives. It must have been the darkest day for those early believers. Their Savior was dead and the resurrection was only a …
We met as volunteers at a pregnancy crisis center – she with a desire to publish her books, I with the time and expertise to help her. As writers, we both understood the calling and the passion of words – of using written tools to communicate God’s love. We shared a room at a writers …
How can working on a puzzle teach us the deeper lessons of faith? What happens if we can’t see the big picture?
Weeds are plant out of place. Yet even pesky dandelions cause me to reflect on the spiritual lessons God sends through creation.
Persevering folks keep hanging on to hope even when everything in life attacks them.