Cause to pause

Walking from here to there causes me to pause… and then to consider what else bids me tarry. prayer & meditation sunrise & sunset starry skies & awe children & wonder worship play dis-health & disease caring & loving table meals & table fellowship phone calls letter writing Christmas cards births & deaths weddings & […]

What do Santa and Jesus have in Common?

What do Santa and Jesus have in common? children sitting on his lap asking Christmastime Saintliness the whole world in one night led by a light Holiday Spirit gifts, warmth, kindness, love you gotta believe… or it’s just a story, a myth, long-told. Verses recited with option for annual renewal. Santa and Jesus, they both […]

Lions, Tigers and Bears, No Problem

There is a story about a boy, but not just a boy, a shepherd. He stood watch over his flocks day and night, protecting them from whatever might come to harm them. Lions and bears, he would fight off, with his bare hands, if necessary, for he had no weapons of war. No sword, no […]

I am that child

I just can’t imagine God saying, “Sit down and shut up!” Can you?Or, “Children should be seen and not heard.”Or even, “Sit still and mind your manners.” Yes, we are children, daughters and sons of the Most High. But, “sit up and eat your peas,” just isn’t the conversation I expect to have at the […]