Pass the Peace, Please
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. ~ John 14:27 This devotional meditation was originally written in December of 2019 and published in the Devotions for Lent booklet created and distributed by […]
A Walking Advertisement for Christ
My salvation is an issue between me and my Maker and your salvation is an issue between you and Yours. My job, as one seeking to live a Christian life, is to be a good advertisement for the way to God demonstrated in the life of Christ. For me, that’s an in-body experience. If we […]
Dear Graduates, chart your own course
Caps and gowns everywhere! Smiling faces. Proud parents. Adoring Grands and even congratulatory hugs from siblings. It’s a great occasion and we mark it with well-deserved fanfare. Pomp. and. circumstance. So many graduates! I imagine each of them bouncing on their own personalized trampolines, springing giddily into the air, paying no heed to the creaking complaints […]
Thank you tosses and goes, Gratitude stays and helps
“I can say what I want. It’s a free country!” the kid said, shoving his friend a little harder than a friend shoves a friend. The rest of us standing in line to board the flight pretended not to notice these boys ‘doing what boys do’. That kid is feeling pretty free. I’m thinking he probably has […]
Embarassed by my Abundance
My daughter nailed it. “Mom, are you embarrassed by that bag?” We were browsing in a fancy leather store and I had tried on a Prada purse just for fun, but she could tell by the look on my face that I could never go out in public sporting that thing. Too much. It wasn’t just […]
The Power Behind the Coach
Hi Friends, Every now and then there’s something that captures “all” of you in a single place. It speaks who you are, what you believe, and how you operate into one expression. It funnels you. In the story I posted last week on the Fit2Finish website (my “professional” zone) has funneled me. A coach has ushered […]
How Could Someone DO Something Like That?
How could someone DO something like that? This is what we ask ourselves when events like the recent crash of the German passenger plane happen. Or bombings at a marathon finish line. Or shootings at numerous schools. Or museums. Or places of worship. We are faulty, we humans. But are we at fault? Can we […]
Good words inspired by the Good Word
Dear friends, As we turn the page to a new year, here are a few sentiments that held special meaning for me from the pages of my copy of the Upper Room devotional booklet. Happy New Year! “While living the Christian life is difficult – even risky – what it means to be a Christian […]
Nothing brings light like a child, or acting like one
What if by “you are the light of the world” Jesus really meant,”Go, lighten your world?” Not shine light on dark things. Not draw attention with your sparkle. Not even ‘reflect My light,’ because He knew the day would come when the dark would grow darker and the Christ light would seem dimmer. What if, ‘you […]
In the Name of the Father
“I hate that part,” my neighbor tells me. The end part. The part where you watch them slip deeper and deeper into the abyss, and you stand by, because you must. Someone must; they could not, should not, do this alone. And you care for their physical needs. You attend to their mental faculties. You […]