Look to God and Live… Joyfully!

I had a couple different ideas for this week’s post. I downloaded music for both Idea A and Idea B, but just couldn’t decide which to do. I even prayed about it, but didn’t get any clear answer that one was better than the other, so I was leaning towards Idea B. This morning I…

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about someone I knew who had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. I am sad to report that he lost his struggle and passed away this past week. The comments from family and friends all mirrored my experience – that he was giving words of love and encouragement…

Confession time. I have never liked Valentine’s Day. (For those who have known me through church for many years, that statement probably brought back the horrific memory of my announcing to the congregation during a short lesson when we were young adults that “I hate Valentine’s Day because it is so gaggy.”) Anyway, back to…

Okay, I have to admit that I have never watched a Super Bowl. Not once. I’m really more of a basketball, baseball, and college football kinda gal, so pro football just never got my juices flowing. Having said that, back when I was little, in 1976, my mom let me watch the Super Bowl halftime…

I love poetry and I believe there is often great wisdom to be learned from it. So it is with the writings of early-17th century English poet John Donne (he actually wrote scandalous poetry before become a philosopher and a secretary for the Church of England). In 1624 he wrote: No man is an island…