Making room for joy!
What gives me joy? That’s the question I am asking myself today because that’s what I want in the new year. As I began making my list, I realized a very important thing: to have more of something, I need to have less of something else. In order to keep the balance in my universe, […]
Can You Trust Fit2Finish?
“In God we trust. All others must provide references.” That’s the way a renowned research scientist began his presentation at a conference of the American College of Sports Medicine, the largest gathering of sports medicine practitioners in the world. He knows what we all need to know: Good ideas deserve investigation. Findings must be supported by facts. The conclusions drawn […]
Thank you for letting us sing to you: Confessions of a choir crasher
You’ve heard of party crashers and wedding crashers, but perhaps you have never heard of a choir crasher. That’s me, the person who, back in the doldrums of September as election campaigns were still in full swing, shorter days and longer nights were just beginning to descend, and when Christmas trees were not yet at […]
A curious thing happened to Joseph on the way to divorce
So much. So much casting shame and guilt. So much accusing of conspiracy and falsehood. So much indicting for behaviors unbecoming and deeds unwelcome. So much righteous indignation. So much misunderstanding. And yet… This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but […]
Not what I want but what I need
I don’t WANT this to be TRUE of my WORLD! pain.suffering.anger.hatred.bigotry.prejudice. addiction.destructiveness.pornography.abuse. cheating.lying.stealing.discrimination.selfishness. racism.sexism.homophobia.illness.war.death. I WANT God’s way to be TRUE in my WORLD! But He said, “No… So I could be in this world, and He could provide a better one.
