Ash Wednesday and Illness
It’s Ash Wednesday, and just this morning I was complaining on Facebook. I’ve been sick for seven-and-a-half weeks with a nasty bug. Yesterday I actually took a sick day, hoping…
Category: God’s Love
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Let the Redeemed of the Lord Tell Their Story
I’ve been reading in Psalm 107 lately. I think NIV has tweaked the translation, and I love the way it reads now, at the beginning: “Let the redeemed of the…
Christ-life Inside Us
I’m reading in C. S. Lewis’ Book of Wisdom: Meditations on Faith, Life, Love, and Literature, compiled by Andrea Kirk Assaf & Kelly Anne Leahy, and found this quote on…
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…
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…
Independence Day
Today’s Independence Day. It’s a day off, the end of a long weekend, and a good time to relax and think. My son is with me — I’m planning to…
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…
What Was the Pharisees’ Mistake?
Yesterday was Transgender Day of Remembrance 2015. I observed this day because I recently learned that my 27-year-old son is transitioning to become my 27-year-old daughter, which she says more…