I won’t go into all the reasons as to why I’d stayed away. Suffice it to say, the Church had always been my sanctuary from the world and then, last year, the world invaded my sanctuary. And so, befuddled and incensed, I stayed away. The reason I returned was simple. The Church was finally pushing the world out…
It is sometimes in the unexpected minutiae that we are surprised, once again, by the fact that God’s design works just fine without any human tinkering. I kept planning to start running again, but various obstacles kept coming up. Proving forever true the old saying - Man Plans, God Laughs. For instance, I had to…
I am a Martha but I’m trying harder to be a Mary. It’s so hard for me to not be a Martha. I like being productive. I love being productive. But after another recent face-off with death, I decided I don’t want my children remembering me as a harried, busy, impatient mom, should anything mortal…
I started the new year with a melanoma diagnosis. It was a very small tumor that had not spread. The treatment was to just cut out all the skin around it to make sure there was no remaining melanoma and then spend the rest of my life being vigilant for any signs of a new…
The Bible is a ginormous volume made up of 73 different books spanning thousands of years following generations of people. Are there boring parts? Yes. Leviticus is a tad dry and there are other parts that take some determination to get through. As a whole, however, the Bible is an adventure packed rom/com action thriller…
