What is it about Irish Step Dance that has grabbed the world’s attention? Is it the high energy dancing, the Irish music or the costumes, replete with Shirley Temple curls? Have you wondered where this phenomena got its start? 22 years ago, a filler act for an interval during the Eurovision song contest lit up […]
Read More“Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill It was just an off day. You know the kind, where everything is a little bit off center. Tired from a weekend of yard work and family, I kept misplacing items and making mistakes. Not major ones, just annoying ones. I spent […]
Read More“It’s a God thing,” she stated as she shared her success with her book series. I nodded and smiled. After being in ministry all my life, I think I knew a little something about “God things.” However a voice inside of me wanted to scream: “What about me? Why isn’t God rewarding my efforts?” It’s […]
Read MoreIf you are a writer, chances are there are characters, stories, plots and subplots floating around in your head. I know that’s the case for me. There are multiple characters and story lines clamoring in my brain demanding attention. “Pick me! Pick me!” they shout. How can I pick from among them? Right now I […]
Read More“What are you doing?” my friend Sally asked me as I pulled out dandelion after dandelion. “Getting rid of these dandelions.” “Oh,” she watched as I continued my futile efforts to rid the yard of these weeds. “I like dandelions. I like seeing fields of yellow.” I continued pulling but in that moment a belief […]
Read MoreThere are forty days of Lent, fifty days in the Easter Season. That means we are meant to spend more time rejoicing than we spend repenting! And yet we fail to do that. Why? We spend so much time focusing on Lent, making sacrifices, striving to grow in our faith, then Easter comes and we […]
Read MoreEvery Lent he followed a strenuous discipline of prayer and fasting, eating very little. He considered this sacrifice to be so little in comparison to all Jesus did for us. His children, however, dreaded this season because, beset by hunger pains, he was irritable and cranky all Lent. The woman had just lost her baby. […]
Read MoreYou know the type — they come to work tired after volunteering for their church pantry or the numerous committees they serve on, wear their ashes like a gold medal, and are sure to tell you about the many charities they support with their donations. Jesus had choice words about such individuals. “Beware of practicing […]
Read More“Tend to undertake too much, then somehow get it done.” That is one of the traits of the Meyers Briggs INFP personality. “Yes!” I say every time I read this. “That’s me!” I over-extend myself, take on more than is reasonably possible, then get it done. I take pride in this. But then comes the […]
Read MoreWe are not quite halfway through Lent. How is it going? Have you been able to maintain your Lenten commitments? Last Wednesday morning I posted that I had given up sweets for Lent. At noon I attended a luncheon meeting. Sitting in front of me in all its delicious splendor was a large chocolate chip […]
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