ENCOURAGEMENT, THE CHURCH
MY PERSONAL SOUNDTRACK
The middle of my week always involves a little “mind focusing”; getting out of the home office and clearing my head. So I eventually ventured out in “Mariska” (the Buick) and...
ENCOURAGEMENT, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, THE CHURCH
CROSS FIT
In my office at church I have a wall filed with crosses. Some are big, some are small, some metal and some wood. Some are hand-made, others a little more...
ENCOURAGEMENT
DANCE AS IF EVERYONE IS WATCHING
PALM SUNDAY. I have some wonderful memories associated with this day and time. My Dad was the choir director at my home church, for several years, and Palm Sunday evening...
THE CHURCH
ANNUAL “FERN SUNDAY”
By request, I am recounting the story of “FERN SUNDAY” (an unofficial observance of my own; the Sunday before Palm Sunday – this coming Sunday, in fact.) First, I know this...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
OVER THE HILL
I am literally “feeling” my age these days of 2021 – especially now that I’m on the “other side of the hill”. Desserts are now replaced with more-friends-than-food at my...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, THE CHURCH
THE BARD
William Shakespeare. The words attributed to that name are some of my favorite phrases. I have grown in my appreciation of the plays and sonnets, of the accurate recording of...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
THE BIOGRAPHY
If I attended a wedding and, sitting in the pew listening to the minister, heard and watched him turn to the couple and say, “The most important thing is communication,...
ENCOURAGEMENT, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, THE CHURCH
LIFEBOAT
I miss traveling. I love seeing our beautiful world and the people in it. In fact, as wonderful as all the scenery and cultures I’ve experienced are, it’s the people...
ENCOURAGEMENT, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, THE CHURCH
POINT OF REFERENCE
Here’s a story from a few years ago: I have a friend, let’s call her, “Dawn” (because that’s her name). She and her family don’t live in Anderson, they live...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
HIDDEN CROWNS
One lunchtime, during my college days, I was seated in my favorite corner of my favorite neighborhood café, around the corner from the school, when a friend of mine walked...