Monthly Archives: July 2011

So I don’t feel like blogging today.  I’m too tired!  My office is too hot!  I’m hungry!  I’m thirsty!  My mind is on more important issues.   I have a headache (or something).  I just don’t wanna’.   Even my … Continue reading →

Fact or fiction, the world’s greatest lovers would include Romeo and Juliet;  Antony and Cleopatra; Lancelot and Guinevere; Jane Eyre and Rochester;  Kay and Richard…Eh, what can I say?  Forty-eight years ago when my dashing Italiano took my hand in … Continue reading →

“It’s a lovely day in the neighborhood…”  Wasn’t that Mr. Rogers’ signature greeting?  Well, it is a lovely day in my neighborhood.  I just took my morning walk–a time I use to chat with God about situations in and out … Continue reading →

I spilled something on my favorite blouse the other day.  Milk, makeup, salsa, oil, I could only guess what it was.  Unfortunately I didn’t see the stains until days later when they had set in the fabric.  I feared my … Continue reading →

My heart aches as I grieve for the parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and friends of those killed at the camp in Norway.  The demon-possessed, right-winged, extremist has fed the hate of militant Muslims and crusading atheists all over … Continue reading →

As a kid I loved to dance.  I twirled like a ballerina in the parlor.  My BFF Patty and I would link arms and kick on the front lawn like Rockettes.   I could sashay with the best at a “Grand … Continue reading →

During my worship this morning, I was searching to find greater and greater superlatives to acclaim my reasons for loving God the Father.  Somehow they all sounded weak and inadequate.  Then I recalled the truism, “Actions speak louder than words.” … Continue reading →

“How great is the love the Father has LAVISHED on us that we should be called children of God.  (1 John 3:1) I love the word “lavish.” Somehow Mr. Webster’s definition doesn’t quite cut it for me–”to bestow with profusion.” … Continue reading →

I’m in a quandary tonight.  All week I’ve been working on a sermon to preach this coming weekend.  After receiving a particular e-mail today, I’m not so sure I should go ahead with the topic.  Do I speak on a … Continue reading →