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When we are young we think of things that we “hope” will happen when we get older. In my mother’s generation, young ladies had hope chests where things like fancy nightgowns, … Continue reading Got Hope? Need Joy?

I remember seeing a news report that showed a mom and dad crying over their son pictured kneeling by the side of the man who was just before cutting his … Continue reading There are none so blind…

We just passed Easter weekend, I would loved to have heard the beautiful and powerful song Bill Gaither penned: I’ve just seen Jesus, I tell you He’s alive, 
I’ve just … Continue reading and say… “Well Done”

The comment said “You always lift me up”, how very happy I was to see it and I confess it made my day! As a result was that all the … Continue reading You raise me up!

I feel like a person who is supposed to be on a diet only to be busted with a drip of chocolate fudge on their blouse and a smudge on … Continue reading Do as I say, not as I do!

Easter, Resurrection Sunday is here, as my memories of Easter Sundays in the past bubble up one by one I first see myself as a four-year old with a little … Continue reading Easter Sunday 2016

Some months back I made a request for you to tell me a story from your life of one special thing that was a changing point or something you felt … Continue reading On getting Naked

At our Good Friday service we will receive Communion, I thought about the last time I stood with the Communion cup in my hand. As I stood there I contemplated … Continue reading On receiving Communion

I looked at the dictionary definition of the word “closure”, it was simple, “the stopping of a process or activity.” Is that what it is when we seek to make … Continue reading Closure, what is that?

boo·mer·ang  (bo͞o′mə-răng′)n. A flat, curved, usually wooden missile configured so that when hurled it returns to the thrower. A statement or course of action that backfires. intr.v. boo·mer·anged, boo·mer·ang·ing, boo·mer·angs … Continue reading I’ve been “Boomeranged”!

There was a movie many years ago that made a certain phrase very popular, no it’s not the one that says, “You complete me”, it goes even further back than … Continue reading Does the Cliche´ saying really mean it?

Today something happened that was funny to me and made me think of this story. When people think they are keeping secrets it always gets back to the one they … Continue reading The Devil and the Duck