Here’s a great new tune from one of the best Christian bands out there, Casting Crowns. Love this song…great message…worth a listen….
Message to My Ears
Celebrating Her Life
The “Saint of Love” never performed any such miracles…as raising the dead or making the cripple walk again. What she did do was to put others’ lives before hers in a life of humble servitude. Today, more than ever,…
Now That She’s Not in Kansas Anymore
“It was like being at one of our retreats except without God in it….It was all a lot of fun but being surrounded by crosses and godly stuff everywhere and not hearing a mention of God just felt sooo weird.” — My daughter’s first encounter with the outside world. …
Lessons Remembered
I am re-posting this entry originally shared with you in October of 2009 at the request of a friend (may it serve her purpose), and as August marks the anniversary of my father’s and sister’s passing, I am posting it as well in their memory. Because they are worth remembering. Because they marked me. Because I miss them….
Holy Reflection!
A new friend sent me this photo to share on the blog. Pretty amazing huh? What do you think?…
Invading Thoughts
It never ceases to amaze me how easily negative thoughts invade my mind. Some of them self-induced, some of them incited by others. My daily mental chatter is interrupted sometimes by…
Bumps in the Road
How many times have I questioned those bumps in my road oh Lord? How many times have I whined and complained? How many times? But how would my faith endure, how soon would it fade away…wihout those bumps…without a cross?…
Guest Post: On Faith, Friends and Laundry
Change I Can Count On
Stress — that merciless six-letter word in everyone’s vocabulary, no doubt. Some experts think that chronic stress — emotional rather than physical — the type experienced day in, day out, can cause 50% of all disease, and that it contributes to the…
Light it Up!
They light it up for communist China, for Sinatra’s birthday, and for the introduction of blue M&Ms, but they refuse to sport on this landmark the colors of a saintly Nobel Prize winner? Really?…