In a year of unexpected change, we find ourselves on the brink of something new. What we couldn’t imagine before is now an unexpected gift. Continue reading
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Living A Life Well
I didn’t think it would hit me as it did. Dave came down for coffee and I blurted it out. “A lady in my hometown died!” I started bawling. This wasn’t a little trickle of a tear slowly moving south. It was an all out cryfest, shoulder-shaking, nose-filling sob attack. “Honey, who was she? Did … Continue reading
For A Thousand Miles
At the beginning of this year, I made a goal to walk a thousand miles. It was part of my celebrating 50 years of living. Five hundred seemed too small and 50,000 was over the top so I settled on a thousand miles. I didn’t know then what an impactful number that would serve me … Continue reading
Getting Out of the Downpour
Do you ever feel exhausted by our world today? I do. I’ve got my schedule down to shopping/errand running one day a week. That one day is now more tiring than any other day in my week. It’s exhausting out there! People’s attitudes and bombardment of judgement is torrential. And I admit I am guilty … Continue reading
Anyone Else Feel Like They’re Living in a Perpetual Stream of Mondays?
I say this in complete jest but then again maybe not. I don’t know about you but these last few months and days have been exhausting. When I began this blog years ago, I titled it “Tripping Over Typeset” because in this life we will trip up. There will be times when we feel like … Continue reading
When It’s Dark and You Need Light
Hello friends, I somehow like to begin my posts to you with this greeting. It puts me in the mindset that I’m not just putting words out there into the great internet world but instead I’m talking to you. You are more stable. You are more interesting. And you are who I’m talking to. It’s … Continue reading
When Your Life Feels Small
Dear Friends, I was recently emailing back and forth with an advisor at a university. For a required course, they listed either “Discipleship/Mentoring” or “Theology of Compassion.” I emailed the person back and said, “I have been in ministry for 25 years, is there any kind of credit for life experience?” She responded back, “Of … Continue reading
