Gratitude isn’t a habit it’s a practice
“I was surprisingly at ease,” former President Jimmy Carter said at his press conference, recalling his emotions when his doctors told him they had found melanoma on his brain after doing surgery on his liver. “Call it clear thinking or mind over matter. Or simply: grace,” writes Sarah Kaufman in the August 21st issue of […]
A Monkey Bar Faith
We let go of Mommy’s hand to enter pre-school.We let go of Daddy’s hug to board the bus.We let go of our beloved teacher’s smileonly to do it again next year because we must. We let go of the hand of the principalas she wishes us well on our way.We let go of our first […]
Seasons Past, Seasons Passed
Back to school shopping cool weather, shorter days, acorns plop, tinted leaves crunch under my feet. yellow. orange. red and brown. Christmas shopping bundle up, day gives way, a dusting of white, hollow, whistling wind stings my face. black. white. gray. Easter shopping warm sunshine, moist buds, dampened earth encourages its blooms merry pitches delight […]
Rainbow: the Original Snapchat
Dropped my last off to start college. Driving home to my empty I became a bit sad until I saw out my window. It was so lovely I had to pull over in the rest area to snap a photo (safely). How kind of God to send me a sign. And then it was gone. […]
in so many words
Where do the words come from? the ones in the dark not the ones from the darkness but the writing on the page that is mine though I can’t see the hand writing or the words as they shape. A whole thought, no, many, scribbled on a page because I must catch them. Catch them […]
Do you hear what I hear?
What do you hear when you listen?
US Women’s Soccer Team Has Inspired Us to Believe
Who says the Bible is an outdated book that doesn’t speak to our current circumstances?? From Acts 2:42-47, we read, (with some modifications) … The Fellowship of the Believers They devoted themselves to the coaches’ teaching and to their teammates, to the breaking of carbs, proteins and fats in moderation and to petition, imploring and appeal […]
Thank you, Bennett, For the Way You Played the Game
There’s nothing quite like playing a game with a kid. Pull out the equipment, explain the rules and you’re off! When they’re small, you may need to correct them, re-route them, or help them a bit. As they grow, you may show them a few tricks and, every now and then, have to caution them […]
The Hurrieder I go, the Behinder I get
That phrase, from a poster on my high school bedroom wall, is haunting me today. Not because time has passed, but because it hasn’t seemed to. It’s even more true today than it was back then, and it has me wondering whether I am making any headway. Speed breeds errors. Which mean do-overs. Which take time. […]
Where There’s a Will There’s a Way!
Have you seen this?!! Paul Pierce’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer wins it for the Wizards. https://youtu.be/oDg3cuFF4k4 But who is that fan who runs out into the celebratory huddle? OMG -I know him! That’s Will Smith. He even made the Washington Post. Will is the son of upstanding members of our church community. I know because I had Will in […]