Dec
12
2023
I appreciate my dad so much because of how he dispelled the fear and chaos of conflict. Conflict can be part of a passionate life. If you don’t care and feel no passion, there is no need to disagree....
Dec
11
2023
At the core of all systems of love is listening, mutual respect, serving others, repentance, gratitude, and joy. Health looks complete from top to bottom and bottom to top. Parents ask forgiveness of their children and admit wrong, take...
Dec
08
2023
I was visiting my daughter in New York City, and we stepped into a French pastry shop. Two beautiful young girls were selecting macrons with their mom. We fell into chatting together and discussed the various flavors which led...
Dec
07
2023
I was becoming high and mighty about fathers and their need to change when my husband Shann reminded me that a critical, hateful woman will always evoke or attract men who are absent, distant, violent, oppressive, and lost.
If you...
Dec
06
2023
In this advent season, I love to read the first chapters of the Book of Luke. I am struck by John coming to prepare people for the coming of the Messiah. One of the ways he prepares people for...
Dec
05
2023
I have been praying for the discipline to trust the Giver of Good Gifts. I believe God loves to surprise and delight us beyond what we ask for. I have been praying for this wonder and delight, this faith to...
Dec
04
2023
I find the research on complaining so powerful. Complaining or listening to complaining for thirty minutes impairs and diminishes the intellectual part of the brain. We actually lose intellect when we complain or listen to it.
This dovetails in my...
Dec
01
2023
The scripture passages I read this morning had a verse that has been reverberating in my mind. “When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that...
Nov
30
2023
A friend sent me a video of their school singing the worship song, “Goodness of God” by CeCe Winans. This is the song our family sang at Dad’s celebration of life. It is a bittersweet song full of joy...
Nov
29
2023
One of the recent devotional messages asked me to picture Jesus as He weeps over Jerusalem. He laments, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace!” This phrase has been ringing in...
