Affinity Combinations
I’m taking my Annual Personal Spiritual Retreat this week. I’d originally meant to start it off with a 48-Hour Book Challenge on Monday morning. Then I thought I’d do a…
Category: Joy
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Silliness and Joy
This week I learned that Gina, a friend from college, passed away from cancer. I had lost touch with Gina over the years, but found her again recently through Facebook…
With Thanksgiving
I did a post recently about praying with thanksgiving. Today I’m thinking about a big prayer request I’ve had for a long time: I’d like to get married again. After…
Envision Today
A year and a half ago, a friend suggested an exercise to me: You envision a day in your life ten years in the future. What do you want it…
Birthday Reflections
I had a lovely day today – I got to spend a few hours out on my balcony reading with blue skies and gentle breezes blowing. And I drove a…
Three Little Lessons
I was thinking today about what I’m learning in my life lately. And I came up with three things. Thinking about them made me happier today. The first one came…
Resurrection and Brahms’ Requiem
When I was a young adult, I was part of a choir, the William Locke Singers, that sang Johannes Brahms’ A German Requiem. We were told that this is a…
Stone of Help
I got a new car just before the New Year! I’m naming the car “Ebenezer,” “Benny” for short, after I Samuel 7:12, where Samuel set up a stone saying, “Hitherto…
Love and Connection
I’ve been thinking about love lately. Our pastor preached on “Right Connection” last Sunday. Although I agreed with his points – We are made for connection; right connection with God…
Stones of Help, Stones of Fire
Today is my 52nd Birthday. Because 52 is such a cool number, and because there are 52 weeks in a year, I’m embarking on Project 52 — reflecting each week…