If You’re Happy and You Know It…
You can choose to be happy. No matter your state or station in life, if you look at each day with hope, love, and and open mind/heart/soul, you will find a blessing somewhere. String those little...
View ArticleExperiencing God in Creation
“I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.” – George Washington Carver Do you experience God’s presence and...
View ArticleIn Praise of Home Grown Tomatoes
I am thankful for home grown tomatoes–those orbs of deliciousness that taste so much better than their bland grocery store counterparts. If you grow tomatoes you understand. For weeks you watch them...
View ArticleThree Simple Steps to a Better Day
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Want to make your day a better one? Any day can be...
View ArticleLight
By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. — Luke 1:78-79...
View ArticleEmbracing Mystery
To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. - William Blake I enjoy spending time around children because they...
View ArticleSeeing Sunflowers
The question is not what you look at, but what you see. — Henry David Thoreau It is August, 2006. Dianne and I are taking our two middle-school-age children to summer camp. Dianne is making good time...
View ArticleFaith in One Another
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. – Mahatma Gandhi Have you ever heard someone say something like,...
View ArticleLife on Loan
Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children. — Native American...
View ArticleHow to Really Live
People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences will have resonances with our own innermost...
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