You’ve Got to Try a Little Kindness
Glen Campbell first sang that song in 1970. It was a smash hit. You’ve got to try a little kindnessYes show a little kindnessJust shine your light for everyone to seeAnd if you try a little kindnessThen you’ll overlook the blindnessOf narrow-minded people on the narrow-minded streets God repeatedly speaks about being “kind to one…
This Just Wasn’t MY Plan
What happens when our intentions, our goals, or our plans goes awry? “This isn’t what I (or we) planned!” How well I remember that place of feeling stuck. Our lives were not going the way we had planned. Although it was always the greatest desire of our hearts to trust the Father completely, trusting wasn’t…
God, My Husband and My Chiropractor
I am by no means comparing my chiropractor to God, but I have noticed both have similarities. Years ago, I fell down a flight of stairs — 12 steps from top to bottom…..on MY bottom. The breath was knocked out of me and I felt like a compressed-together accordion. I had a serious back injury…
We Need Anchors
When I was moving to Austin, I had two choices of areas where I’d like to live. One, was in a quiet area of town, several minutes away from traffic and shopping. OR the more active, bustling area of town – walking distance from anchor stores like Target, Home Goods, Wal-Mart AND, five minutes from…
Shut the Front Door
That’s what my Mom said when I left the front door open! Her exact words were: “Shut the front door, Barnio!” I don’t know, to this day, who Barnio was, but I do know she meant business. Not only did it mean to really shut the front door, the main entrance of the house, but…
Thanks, Veterans! I Owe You My Next Breath of Fresh Air!
Happy Memorial Day! As I walked up to my church on Saturday Evening, I saw those many flags stationed throughout the churchyard. I was delighted to see so much patriotism. I had holy chill bumps. I can only imagine what the veterans and current people of uniform must have felt. I’m honored to sing with…
Our Good Shepherd Still Leads His Sheep
When I stayed at Karen and George’s a few weeks ago, I learned Karen’s daily routine with Mom. Not only was I able to relieve Karen of some of her duties, but, just in case I were needed in Karen’s absence, I would be able to carry on. I made a good list of every…
Got Desert? Green Pastures Await!
Last week we played as much outdoors pickleball as we could because the weather folks said we would have torrential rains all this week! Not! At least in the daytime, though we had some good downpours during the night. It’s difficult to think of desert when an abundance of rain just blessed our dry, thirsty…
We are Everywhere and We are World Changers
We have been in the Easter season up until today which is notably called “Ascension Thursday”! It has been 40-days since Jesus was raised from the dead and eyewitnesses saw Him showing up to give them His “famous last words”. Acts 1:3 verifies it: “After His suffering, He presented Himself to them and gave many…
Aging Out
I know “aging out” means the age of a young person who has reached the mandated age for a free public education and the school district is no longer required to provide special education and related services to the youth. That’s not what I mean today. I mean my grandchildren are “aging” faster these days!…