Sing and Walk
Pope Francis said “Singing is good for one’s soul, so sing and walk. Christian life is a path, but it is not a sad path. It is a joyous path that is done singing and walking’, so SING and WALK! Those words resonated with me. I’ve been doing that for a very long time. My…
Breaker-Breaker 1-9 — Got Your Ears On?
“Breaker – Breaker 1-9” “Got a copy?” “Got your ears on?” In CB (Citizens Band – short distance radio) talk that meant we were trying to reach another CB-er on the Channel 19. A reply might have come back: “You’re clear. What’s your 20?” (Your location) Oh, yes, I was a CB-er in the 70’s…
DOING Christianity is Complicated; BEING a Christian is NOT
This sweet time of solitude for the last 3+ weeks has given me great insight on “doing Christianity versus being a Christian”. I really needed this time of focus for wisdom and direction – not to mention, clear out some of the cobwebs in my thinking. I’ve been a gal who has relentlessly pursued God…
It Takes Two
It Takes Two I’ve loved seeing this framed photo in the guest house every day since I’ve been here. Those are my two youngest grandsons — Brennan & Bryson. I’ve especially relished the beautiful landscape and the rare “brotherly love” moment. Not rare in the sense that they really love each other, but they are,…
What Matters Most is Love
Yesterday, I posted about it being the “The Love Month”, sincerely hoping to awaken our senses to being people that love from the heart this month. It was like getting a high-5 from God when later in the day, I opened one of my resource books, Rick Warren’s “The Purpose Drive Life”, to the chapter…
Welcome February — It’s the LOVE Month!
Love is in the air!! I sure don’t take this month lightly because on February 14th, 1961, my boy friend (and 5 years later, my groom) and I went on our first real boy-girl date, chauffeured by his dad and mom to a church Valentine’s banquet. This month has always been the “Love Month” to…
Encouragers…Time to Take Courage and Encourage
Have you noticed when you walk into a store and you hear one of the clerks or food preparers shout out “Good afternoon, welcome to ____”? Isn’t that encouraging? You were noticed! And you know that some of those sales clerks have been taught to say something nice to you like “I love your hair…
I Am a Friend of God
As a young girl, I wasn’t in with the “in” crowd when I was in school. I was by no means one of those popular girls that hung out with those cool cheerleaders and the hunky football team. I wasn’t even in the “nerd” crowd because I sure wasn’t a really smart kid either. I…
God is Our Very Present Help in Trouble
I read that a tornado battered southern Mississippi last weekend and ripped apart homes, classrooms and buildings at William Carey University in Hattiesburg. Staff members from the university spoke with CNN and explained that while sifting through the damage, they discovered an open Bible on the pulpit of the otherwise-badly damaged campus church. An adjunct…
A Viking Ship — What a Way to Go!
I sat with my youngest grandson yesterday, reading another book about Vikings. I must say I’ve learned more about Vikings in the last couple of months than I had ever known. The first Viking book was fiction about a very poor family in Denmark in the early 1900s who lived on what rich folks considered…