Weekly Devo

There is, thankfully, a cool breeze this morning!  I love a cool fresh breeze.  Hot Summer days require more grace for me to keep my inner-curmudgeon at bay.  To be thankful, to be kind and thoughtful, gracious and neighborly. One of the things I do appreciate about sunny days is how much everyone (else) smiles.  Smiles are contagious, don’t […]

Will it matter in 100 years?  This is the question I began to ask myself a little over 30 years ago when I was tangled in the responsibilities of my corporate job whose atmosphere was showing itself more and more to be at cross-purposes with the life I desired, the life I wanted to live.  This was […]

Does the anniversary of a significant day or event sometimes sneak up on you?  You write the date or your smart phone sends you a remember this photo you took six years ago? message, and you suddenly remember this date is special.  Last Monday was my parents 69th wedding anniversary.  The day before, my son’s birthday.  But the anniversary that’s taking […]

Have you ever had a dream where you are being followed or chased?  The follower is getting closer, looming large, but despite your best efforts, you just can’t seem to get away, get to safety.  In my younger years I would often awake disturbed from such a dream but, thankfully, usually forgot the details of it almost […]

Sometimes I am not comfortable admitting that I didn’t do anything on an unscheduled afternoon.  No catching up on emails or texts or podcasts.  No housework or yardwork. No laundry or grocery shopping.  Not even phone calls or Solitaire.  And I didn’t answer the door if the doorbell rang.  Our culture doesn’t often look kindly on such seemingly misspent hours.  […]

Nope, it’s not a mistype.  Lovingkindness.  All one word.  One jam-packed-full-of-meaning/potential/promise word.  Lovingkindness. Depending on which Bible translation you have been reading from, you may have read a different word or phrase … steadfast love … faithfulness … faithful love … unfailing love. The original word written in the Hebrew language (the original language of the Old Testament) is hesed meaning […]

What a difference six days make!  I was away from home for six days and came back to a Spring garden!  Yes, by Easter Sunday Spring was beginning to bloom.  But as I pulled into my drive just a week later, I almost didn’t recognize my front garden.  Peony grew by a foot (not kidding!) and already two blooms!  The […]

I love the section at the top of Google’s page that’s called AI Overview. Whatever you have just googled it give a nice little summary answer. Behind the scenes Google has looked through the whole internets catalogue of information and put together what it believes is the best answer to your question. You don’t have […]