Walk in freedom and passion for life
Here we are, halfway through January—not the very beginning of the year, yet early enough to review 2012 and look ahead to 2013. Still time to adopt intentional living. Looking back at 2012 At first glance, I view last year as much better than 2011—a personal emotional roller coaster ride year. Deaths, births, and everything […]
Just one more seam, and I’ll be finished. What? You’re hungry? Oh bother. Five more minutes. Of course that is when everything falls apart and I have to stop midstream, shift my attention, and maybe two hours later I get back to that last seam, which now takes 30 minutes to finish. Halfway through December, […]
I love Christmas. Unfortunately, like so many others, find myself stressed instead of enjoying the holiday. How can I relieve stress? Simple answer—avoid stress instead of relieving stress. Easier said than done. Procrastination is putting off things, but eventually I have to take care of the things I put off. God blessed me with a […]
The Christmas season begins the day after Thanksgiving, known among retailers as Black Friday. What is black Friday? The term’s origin came from the point at which retailers begin to show profits – aka being in the black. A DJ on a local radio station reported sixty percent of Americans shared a wish for Christmas—skip […]
The writer of Ecclesiastes said, “All is vanity.” With everything going on in the US right now, feeling that way comes easy, in spite of the Thanksgiving holiday next week. As I’ve read the words of Solomon, I realized some very important things. First, he focused on negative thoughts. He saw only the redundancy of […]
As we approach the 2012 election, we easily get caught up in the politics and fear of what each candidate might do to our country. We need to all vote—express our values and preferences. But regardless of who sits in the Oval Office, something more important is at stake for our country. C. S. Lewis […]
I met “Sue” not long after my divorce. Our common plight opened the door to conversation. I listened to her story, bitter anger spewing from her gaping wounds and splattering all over me. I said, “That’s such a sad story. How long ago did your husband leave you?” Sue didn’t hesitate. “1975.” More than twenty […]