Today, I have to go to the dentist. Just saying the word raises my blood pressure. My chest tightens a touch…well more than that. I have a cavern in one tooth. I can feel it with my tongue. Probably it is not more than a pin prick, it just seems that huge. Logic tells me […]
Christian Living
Dusting Time
Lent began yesterday, March 5th. I grew up giving up things for Lent– like sweets, soft drinks, or chewing gum. So I can relate to this story I found online when constructing the bulletins for the Lenten services at the church where I work: “Some years ago a friend of mine told me that he […]
Good Intentions
by Julie B Cosgrove “I know he meant to help.” Jane shook the packet of sweetener like a red flag in front of a bull. “But he folded all the towels wrong. I had to redo them all so they’d hang right on the racks in the bathroom before our guests arrived. I barely had time […]
It’s the Waiting…
My friend wrung the Kleenex between her fingers. “I know God is going bestow His blessings on this situation.” She heaved her shoulders and dabbed her eyes. “But it’s the waiting that’s so hard.” Oh, how true. Studies show people get antsy after 30 seconds of waiting for the light to change to green, for […]
Abide
As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you, Abide in my love. John 15:9-11 February is the “love” month. The stores are filled with read and pink hearts, candies and flowers. I love going to the grocery on February 14th and watching the last-minute-planning men standing in line, laden with flowers, cards, […]
Five Minutes to Spare
After a two-hour drive, minus one pit-stop, my friend and I pulled up to the church in a strange town where in another month’s time we would be conducting a workshop for the women of my denomination. It had not been a good morning so far. The gas pump ran out of gas. so I […]