Life never stops . . . the busyness of life, that is. Is busyness a good thing or a bad thing? When I retired from teaching, I thought I would have oodles of time on
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When Life Gets Too Convenient
The lazy person claims, “There’s a lion on the road! Yes, I’m sure there’s a lion out there!” Proverbs 26:13 NLT I remember when I first encountered 7-Elevens and how they changed my gas-station world.
Read moreHope in a Box
Why do we look for hope in a box? Electronics, jewelry, clothes — A smorgasbord of stuff — Stuff to set out, put on, or stow away. Stuff that represents Lasting love. Good enough. Better
Read moreA Season for Everything
Seasons Summer is here, and it is sweltering in SW Florida. We have the usual humidity, mosquitoes, no-see-ums a.k.a. sand fleas, and threats of daily thunderstorms. Air conditioners and ceiling fans hum. The season
Read moreThe Chaplain and the Ring ~ The Mystery of Finding Deeper Faith in a Sea of Waves
You are not alone in all these mysteries … When all is lost. Have you ever had one of those days when you felt the life drain out of you and you were totally done?
Read moreBumped Around by Life
Job stood up and tore his robe in grief. Then he shaved his head and fell to the ground to worship. He said, “I came naked from my mother’s womb, and I will be naked
Read moreDevotion and Dashaway
What can a teenage girl learn about devotion from a farm dog named Dashaway? I found out one winter when snow and ice closed area schools for almost a month. We lived on a farm,
Read moreBlooming In a Traffic Cone
What a roadside weed, the apostle Paul, a traffic cone, and a terrible, horrible, no good day taught me about blooming where God plants us Yesterday began as an Australia day. That’s what we call
Read moreSurviving Transition
Whether you are caring for aging parents, making a career change, or sensing a shift in your spiritual redirection, you can expect to experience internal and external transitions. When a person is in transition, passage
Read moreMissing the Beauty
The Lord God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. ~Genesis 2:9 NLT Beauty surrounded them, but they had only one destination in mind.
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