Persistence Is Worth It
I still have Olympic “fever” as I think about the undaunted persistence of those athletes. They didn’t get to the Olympics because they felt like it. They made it to the Olympics by hours and months and years of training, rehearsing, taping up sore body parts, giving up many simple pleasures of time, food, and…
Sweets and Sweet Advent
It seems irreverent to combine Advent and sweets into my blog title today, but hear me out! I’m going somewhere with this! I sat by a kind man last Sunday at church. He said “Happy Thanksgiving” to me; I said “Merry Christmas” to him. He patted his tummy and told me he had way too…
Promises Made. Promises Kept.
I promise you….if elected, I’ll…..I promise you….for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness or in health, till death parts us…..I promise you….I’ll never tell your secret….I promise you….I’ll be at your game (recital, performance).…I promise you….I’ll be there right on time….You know – all those promises someone made, or we made, maybe…
Somebody Else Will
A dear friend of mine is having quite the year. She has faced personal health issues and as the director of an active, vibrant ministry – was faced with leading it in a major event, and was tremendously successful at it, I might add. She has two children getting married this year (one this weekend),…