Category: Encouragement

A Standing Invitation

2019-04-01 01:09:23 There is something about an invitation which makes us feel accepted, wanted, special, and included. And having a standing invitation makes us feel

Majoring on the Mordecai’s

2019-04-17 16:51:23 Sometimes, it is the “but when’s” which distract us from focusing on the most important things in life, and cause us to major

But you promised…

2019-02-11 21:09:12 Who of us, at one time or another, has not experienced the pain of a promise broken only to remind the promise maker,

“I Love Mess”

2019-02-23 19:53:59  “I’m so excited because I love mess!”, says Marie Kondo, author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering

Worth the While

2019-03-09 19:38:43 I’ve never been good at waiting, even though I am a good equal opportunity impatient waiter. What I mean is that even though

“Diagnosis: Worry Warts”

2019-03-15 17:18:26 My face could be on the book covers of children’s books like, The Worry Warts and Wilma Jean the Worry Machine. Often, like

“How Can I Help?”

2019-01-24 14:26:07 One of several shows, which premiered in Fall 2018 and has received some attention, is New Amsterdam, based on the book, Twelve Patients:

“Living Life on Your Terms”

2019-01-31 19:05:26 As I was putting away all the evidence of Christmas 2018, and preparing for the first weeks of the 2019, I reflected on

71 Years of “I Do!”

2019-02-06 04:46:26 The average wedding cost in the United States, in 2017, was $33,391! However, that really depends on where you live. Couples in New

School Mottos

2018-09-04 19:12:26 Labor day has come and gone and that signals two things at least: summer is over and mostly everyone is back to school

Where are the mashed potatoes?

2018-11-22 03:58:46 I had some “emotions” while watching the Charlie Brown’s Thanksgiving this year. Even though I have seen it about 25 times, out of

Get Sirius and Serious

2018-12-01 20:35:24 True confessions of a non-black Friday and Cyberspace Monday shopper: I caved this year and bought myself a Sirius XM radio subscription for

The Most Unlit Tree

2019-01-05 02:34:20 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30 But even the hairs

Quitter’s Friday

2019-01-19 19:38:23 Not knowing the second Friday of January is known as “Quitter’s Friday”, I stopped in at a local chocolatier’s store only to find

Happy Platinum Jubilee!

2018-02-08 05:42:17 On the 1st wedding anniversary give the gift of paper. On the 10th –tin (I guess a can of string beans would work).

The Privilege to Speak of Christ

2018-03-02 21:16:46 Just hours before watching Billy Graham’s funeral today, March 2, 2018, I read, as part of my personal devotions, an excerpt from C.

To Speak of Christ

2018-03-02 21:11:58 Just hours before watching Billy Graham’s funeral today, March 2, 2018, I read, as part of my personal devotions, an excerpt from C.

Storing Up Treasures in My Attic

2018-05-15 16:27:39 The average U.S. household has 300,000 things within its walls, or so claimed the LA Times a few years ago! I know, only

How Vast is the Sum of Them!

2018-07-20 00:16:36 “The weather is here. Wish you were beautiful.” This is my classic line on any postcard I send to family or friends. Somewhere