God’s People
New Year. New opportunities for shining our bright lights! As relentless as I am to be optimistic, I know there will be plenty of opportunities to go rogue and get caught up in the whirlwinds of negativity that this year could bring. It is the presidential election year, and already the rancor and negativity is…
Are We There Yet?
Yes we are! Day 1 of 2024 is signed, sealed, and delivered to us. On Sunday at church, New Year’s Eve, we sang an old song that made my eyes water. See if it causes yours to water, too: Because He lives, I can face tomorrowBecause He lives, all fear is goneBecause I know, He…
Happy New Year! Can I Have This Dance?
Yay! The last day of 2023 was numbered 12-31-23. Aw! 123-123! That sounds like a waltz to me — dancing right on into 2024! And, if we choose God as our dance partner on this 1st day of January through to December 31st, 2024, we’ll be conquering throughout this new year! An entire year of…
Brand New Year. Brand New Life.
It’s a brand-new year — 2023! And best, news, ever……according to 2 Corinthians 5:17 “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” If only that were true when it comes to poor health, broken hearts, sad songs, relationship debacles and…
A Picture-Perfect New Year
Was your Christmas picture-perfect? Like the picture-perfect greeting cards of families in matching pajamas? Maybe yours WASN’T picture-perfect which meant the doors of comparison swung wide open and envy and disagreements flooded in. It is easy for our attitudes to turn sour because picture-perfect isn’t what our lives look like. What is it about the…
It’s Our Choice: Empty, Half-Full, or Full Glass Attitude
I raised a couple of teenagers and have helped take care of those grown-up teenagers’ teenagers. I know well that they go through all spectrums of emotions at any given time. One day they’re optimistic and in a good mood. The next day they can ‘tudes that put a damper on their day and ours!…
A Happy and Blessed New Year to You and Yours
I really mean it when I say: “Happy and Blessed New Year!” Oh that I were a wise prophet promising that 2022 is going to be a banner year of multiplied blessings for all. I’m not a prophet, but I assure you that God promised an abundant life to us (John 10:10), so we might…
Tada – All Things New!
Six days into this new year. We walked across the line of 2020 to 2021 and announced “Ta da and whoo hoo — 2020 is whosh — done AND gone! HAPPY NEW YEAR! All NEW and improved!” But alas – we’ve already found out that it isn’t really so. Well, the 2020 to 2021 is…
In the Beginning….
2021 – a new beginning. We know several “in the beginnings”. “In the beginning – God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) “In the beginning was the Word” (John 1:1) A song from “The Sound of Music” says, “Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start.” And, here we…
My Sweet Tooth & the First Sunday of Advent
It seems unholy to talk about my sweet tooth AND the First Sunday of Advent in the same blog but hear me out. I’m going somewhere with this! Over the last few weeks my insatiable love for sweets has come out in full display. My cravings included ice cream, chocolate-any-things and an assortment of this…