What is Your Default Setting?
I’m sure we’ve all had to deal with “default settings” on some of our electronics. For example, if our cell phone is having issues, and all else fails, we’re told to reset it back to the default or factory settings. On our computers, our fonts or our margins are programmed to the default setting, until…
It Takes Two
My daily work-out routine has included 20 minutes on the stationary, moving-arms bicycle then 40 minutes on the elliptical equipment. But adjustments were required for that routine when the old sciatic nerve started acting up from sitting too long on the bicycle. Shish! Who likes to admit having to adjust our life-routines because of body…
How Do Our Yeses Measure Up to Mary’s?
A friend came over to receive some items for a ministry position that she had said YES to. We talked about how a YES means uncertainty yet a beautiful and dramatical inward change when that YES comes out of our heads and we say it out loud! When we say YES, suddenly we start to…
There’s a Whole Lotta Shaking Going On
Have you seen “The Chosen”, a new series about the life of Jesus released during Holy Week? Oh my! It started out as a media project to raise the funding to create it, but as it turned out, it has become the largest crowdfunding project after 16,000 people invested over $10 million into it. The…
Peace in the Middle of the Usual Being Unusual
When our children marry and have families of their own, we may have to do a lot of tweaking to adapt to their lifestyles and their way of doing things differently than what we did. It comes with the territory of being the “senior” in the bunch. So, rather than resisting the changes, I’ve decided…
God’s Kaleidoscope of Colors
I haven’t seen one of those fun toys in a long time, but I saw one yesterday and I remembered the awe and wonder I had as a child peeking through the hole in the end and turning the cylinder to see the vivid colors and shapes change dramatically. Isn’t that like our lives with…
Welcome Fall! Welcome Change!
Fall is in the air. Sandwiched between blazing summer and chilly winter, fall is the “cooling off” season. As I was sitting on the patio of my friend’s home in Tulsa last week, I couldn’t help but notice the flocks of various species of birds flying south. They know winter isn’t far behind. As we…