What Do Your Words Say About You?

by | Jul 31, 2020 | authors, Inspiration, Our words

WHAT DO YOUR WORDS SAY ABOUT YOU? Do you remember the iconic scene in the movie The Miracle Worker, when blind and deaf-mute Helen Keller finally understands that the movements of Annie Sullivan’s fingers in her palm identifies the cool liquid pouring over her hand:...

A NEW BEGINING

by | Jul 1, 2020 | Hope, Inspiration, learning and life

A NEW BEGINNING Commencement, new beginnings. We had a lilac bush growing in our yard when we moved in two years ago. It looked, well, pathetic, but it still had leaves, so I wanted to give it another chance or two. This spring I finally told my husband, “Cut it...

LIVES TURNED UPSIDE-DOWN

by | Apr 23, 2020 | Inspiration, Nature and Creation, Thoughts

LIVES TURNED UPSIDE-DOWN With schools and churches closed, businesses shuttered, so many people unemployed, and the fear of contracting the COVID-19 virus, we have lost control of certain aspects of our lives. It seems our lives have been turned upside-down. Sadly,...

A TIME to WAIT

by | Mar 18, 2020 | Devotional, Inspiration, learning and life, Thoughts

A TIME to WAIT When a baby’s hungry, he experiences hunger pains and demands to be fed, usually with cries that increase in urgency and volume, until he is satisfied. In keeping with the agricultural imagery in Scripture, James uses the farmer who has to wait...