Christmas is right on top of us. Are you ready? There’s always last minute “stuff” to do and buy or maybe you’ve got a big chunk to take care of. Either way, that glorious Christmas day will be here before you know it. I’d like to make the most of the holiday, wouldn’t you? If […]
As we get emersed with the hustle and bustle of the season we may have chance encounters with people. It’s happened to all of us. We run into someone and as we walk away we feel awful about ourselves. What just happened? Chances are you ran into someone who is a sucker and not a […]
The Thanksgiving holiday has ended and for many of us it leaves us with mixed feelings. We may feel disappointment. Disappointed over how uneventful our holiday was or how we may have acted. We may feel sadness. Sad over loved ones who are no longer with us or sadness over where our life circumstances may […]
For many of us Thanksgiving means spending time with family. I know for me it does. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. We focus on family. We focus on fun. We focus on food. We focus on what we are thankful for. Being thankful. “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for […]
He [Jesus] answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all our mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” -Luke 10:27 That was the answer Jesus gave to the lawyer (an expert in Jewish Mosaic and rabbinical law) who asked how […]
Do you have goals? Maybe a determination to rise to the top of your field? Or running a marathon? Or getting married or making a relationship better? Goals. I’ve had many over the years. Goals are noble. Goals are good. Goals keep us going in our desired direction. One of my main goals in life […]
A friend of mine recently lost her 27-year-old son in a tragic accident in which they don’t know the details and probably never will. My husband and I travelled to be at the memorial—Mike had baptized this young man as a child, and his parents exemplify close in the word friend for us. Talking to […]
“Do not call to mind the former things, or consider things of the past. Behold, I am going to do something new, now it will spring up; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.” – Isaiah 43:18-19 Change. Change can be painful […]
God said… I have an assignment for you. My child, love others and serve… “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.” – Romans 13:8 “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not […]
If you’re in the season of raising kids I understand how taxing, stressful, and high energy it can be. I loved raising my kids and miss those years often. Crying on the first day of school, sobbing when the bus pulled out for camp, distracting them from homework to hang out…yes, I was that mom. […]
