It is almost the shortest day of the year. Light is becoming less prevalent and you are probably thinking that I am a crazy person for wanting to write about light. Guess what? I may be a bit crazy but light is the one thing we all celebrate and want, particularly here in the… Continue reading Light
I am participating in #Trust30 which is an online initiative and 30-day writing challenge that encourages you to look within and trust yourself. Today’s prompt, on top of being a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson, is imagining you have 15 minutes to live. 15 minutes? This type of timeline makes me think of Joplin right now.… Continue reading Minutes to Live
Community! We all live in one but do we have other communities that we are a part of? I know I belong to many different communities. I frequently wonder what makes community and how hard it is to keep a community together. I am a member of the “running” community. A lot of the runners… Continue reading What is Community?
Yesterday, I awoke and made some cookies for a friend at church. I looked around my home to find where I had stashed the Advent wreath from last year’s clean up after the holidays. I, then, came to my blog to attach two pages back to the blog. Both of these pages had been private… Continue reading Advent
I am just now reading Ronna Detrick‘s e-newsletter and, as always, she has me thinking. She has me thinking about faith and what it is and, definitely more importantly, what it is not. Faith is not going to church or worship every week. This act may be inspired by your faith in a higher… Continue reading Faith is Not …
Yes, yes. I am behind. While BlogHER caused the first delay (no, I didn’t attend but Maria did), my mother being in town for a two week vacation caused my personal delay in my sticking with the Eat, Pray, Love postings. Here’s the background. Maria of BOREDMommy fame is reading and writing about Elizabeth Gilbert’s… Continue reading Eat, Pray, Love – India
I was sitting in church yesterday, listening to Deacon George’s homily. Okay, I admit I don’t know if people other than priests give homilies but Deacon George was talking about the readings of the day and really hitting home with me. And while I couldn’t tell you exactly what the verses were I will explain… Continue reading Giving and Receiving
People tend to use these two words – faith and religion – interchangeably. Not me! I have a great faith. It is strong and has helped me make it through many trials in my life. It is a faith in a higher being but it is also a faith in my fellow men and women.… Continue reading Faith and Religion
I have memories of Good Friday services as a child. When I spoke of them to my 15 year old yesterday, he was flabbergasted. I told him of a service at church that went from noon until 3 pm. Number six could not fathom being in church for three hours. He asked just what went… Continue reading Good Friday
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