Gardening my Life
Gardening my life It is now evident the plan is not moving forward. When I dug up my overgrown garden last fall I intended to hire a landscaper and design something less random, plan for
Gardening my life It is now evident the plan is not moving forward. When I dug up my overgrown garden last fall I intended to hire a landscaper and design something less random, plan for
Ode to a Virtuous Woman Proverbs 31 At the time Proverbs 31 was written, virtue was a trait solely assigned to men. Women were not considered to have the strength of character or capacity of
Luke 1:26-38 Mary is the first. She leads the procession of Christian believers who will one day accept Jesus into their hearts, as we say it. Mary is the first. She accepts Jesus and invites
Does our spiritual earnestness make us take ourselves too seriously? And being too serious about ourselves, do we lose touch with our humanity and the gentle things of life? In doing the ‘great things’ do
” Most of us follow our anxieties most of the time,” is what he said. I didn’t hear anything else in the conversation. I was stabbed by his words. Could it possibly be true? I
Luke 1:26-38 Mary is the first. She leads the procession of Christian believers who will one day accept Jesus into their heart, as we say it. Mary is first. She accepts Jesus to lay His
A story is time itself, boxed and compressed. It is the briefest entertainment and simulacrum of real life, which is big and messy and requires a strange kind of endurance. The story is stylized for
I was driving to work this week and saw in the morning sky glow the criss-crossed streaking residue of at least eight, probably more, military jets. Far below in the common field to my left
If you were to see a person wearing a lapel pin that said “Americans for Reform” what would you assume that person valued, believed, and perhaps, voted for? I was in Washington D.C. this past
In this short video, Marilyn Elliott looks at our society’s seemingly constant state of transition and offers advice on how to manage it well.
“Every day is a masterpiece, even when it crushes you,” voices the blind woman on page 66 of Simon van Booy’s book, The Illusion of Separateness. I went to the public library on Saturday morning
There’s trouble in Detroit city. Trouble with a capital “T“. The government is bankrupt. Crime is up. Policing is backlogged. Average price of a home is $7,000. Nope. Not kidding. 64% of the city is