Who is your brave-booster?
She was never quite ready. But she was brave and the universe listens to brave. ~ Rebecca Ray The universe may listen to brave, but mostly, it turns a deaf ear, laughs in your face and sends you packing. the world doesn’t reward brave, doesn’t reimburse you for your troubles, doesn’t acknowledge the courage it […]
What if our lives came with an owner’s manual?
If automobiles come with an owner’s manual, surely there must be one for me. No responsible manufacturer would slap a human together without an owner’s manual. Let’s see. Here’s what’s listed in the Quick Reference for my Ford Escape. Instrument panel/vehicle display … For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. […]
Poetic Justice … you can take it with you
Journalism reports yesterday’s news. Like the weather, it needs no re-cap. No sense keeping that around. Fiction tells a good story. Entertaining, but unless those characters make a home with us, one and done. yet… Poetry bears telling and re-telling, reading and re-reading. Poems speak newness, reading into us, as we are new. The one we […]
Punch holes in your fears
Fear hovers like fog.It gathers, hesitates, stays.We read what confirms.See, I am right to be afraid;I have reason to fear. Light dimsPulling up our covers, toour hideout, our cocoon, our tent.Safety suffocates…if not self imposed,then self-perpetuated. Punch holes in what frightens you.Not with fists,but with learning,with truth,with prayer,by conversation with a trusted confidante. Pepper your […]
Being Brave: Powerful New Devotional Book by Kelly Johnson
These days, being brave is not optional; it’s imperative. And the bravery I’m talking about doesn’t come from girding your loins and bucking up your confidence. It can’t be bought because it’s not for sale. But it is available. In fact, it’s essential to the life God wants you to lead. This is the message […]
The Reason for Christ: Seven Words
The vulnerable fetus Mary was carrying, whose conception was not completely science-based but entirely evidence-based, was born to humanity in all its diversity, so that we — no longer Jew or Gentile, no longer slave or free, no longer male or female, indeed without gender — we without right or entitlement but by grace through faith, could […]
Competitive Nearsightedness: it’s Treatable
Both teams were there. Both coaches. Lots and lots of parents. The only thing missing was the referee. No one wanted to reschedule this last game of the season, which didn’t determine anything in the standings. We just needed to get it played. As it happened, there was a parent on each team who was […]
The Longer I Wait, the Deeper I Know
J.K. Rowling first dreamed up Harry Potter in 1990, while on a train from Manchester to London. She finished the story in 2007 with the final book in the seven novel epic. Now, that’s a long story. Those who followed it all the way to its conclusion were held in suspense until the very last pages. […]
The Most Powerful Advice I Ever Received: “Just because it failed doesn’t mean you’re a failure”
Just because it failed, doesn’t mean you’re a failure. I heard this for the first time when I was in my early 20’s. Having completed an arduous laboratory experiment which required many repetitions over weeks of work, I could draw a conclusion about my hypothesis: it was wrong. Trial after trial proved my result: negative. […]
Ice Skating for Fun, Fitness and Sport Begins with a Good Teacher, by Cecily Morrow
Editor’s note: Cecily Morrow, accomplished professional ice skater and expert instructor, offers the first of her guest posts regarding safe and healthy ice skating. Cecily and I share a love of sport and a desire to teach it in a way that inspires healthy competition and lifelong participation. (Find more about Cecily and her instructional […]