Seeking Hope After Christmas
What is the best way to extend the Christmas season into the new year? How can we approach 2016 with added hope and joy?
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Hanging On To Hope
Persevering folks keep hanging on to hope even when everything in life attacks them.
Living Out Hope
Because the tagline for my blog is “Finding hope when life unravels,” lately I’ve pondered a bit about how to find hope. Perhaps it is a response to the death of Robin Williams and how fragile life can be. Why couldn’t Robin find hope? How do any of us define and pursue hope? Besides writing …
Finding Hope in the Grey
What is it about February? The shortest month seems to stretch into a cavernous calendar of grey days. Grey isn’t my color. I don’t live well in February. Occasional spits of snowy ice combine with frigid temperatures. We huddle tighter inside our coats, wishing for a warm blast from the Gulf rather than the icy …
Mom’s Unchanging Smile
One of her long-time friends visited Mom in the assisted living facility. This was a friend who attended church with us and served with Mom on several committees. When her friend entered the room, Mom looked up and smiled – as if she remembered the years of service together, the sharing of Mennonite foods and …