Tag Archives: encouragement
Five Minute Friday — Surrender
As I’m waiting for my “official” Thanksgiving celebration — smelling the delicacies cooking for a Saturday family gathering — it seems like a good time to tackle this week’s Five Minute Friday exercise. It’s on my list of thanks this … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Sweetheart … From the End Zone
Happy Birthday, Sweetheart. You caught up to me again! Actually, I’m writing this in advance since birthday day I will be en route to Washington, DC {okay, Landover, MD} to take in the Packers-Redskins game with one of your clones, … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday — Enjoy
What a busy time! But I still had to carve out five minutes to join with Kate Motaung and the Five Minute Friday crew for this week’s exercise in timed, keyword-driven writing. The word this week is ENJOY. After the … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday — Common
It’s late Saturday afternoon so I guess I better settle down and let the neurons out. They’ve been waiting patiently since this week’s prompt was announced yesterday … well more precisely Thursday night. What the heck am I talking about? … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday — Journey
I have to tell you. When I read the prompt this week for Five Minute Friday, my heart skipped a beat in excitement, my mind raced in anticipation and joy filled my being. Of course, all those are common occurrences … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday — Mail and Catching Up
I’ve been missing in action from Five Minute Friday for a few weeks. There are a lot of reasons … my health … falling behind … catching up … literally finding time. But the exercise is so important to me. … Continue reading
A Year Without ‘Sonni’-Shine
I received the news a year ago today. My very close friend Sonni had died, less than two weeks after suffering a debilitating overnight stroke. Over the past few years, Sonni and I had become very close friends, She was … Continue reading
If We’re Honest
Here’s a share of my sermon this morning at West Fayette Presbyterian Church. May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. If you had faith … Continue reading
The Light 