Tag Archives: Faith

Q & A

One of the downsides of publishing is the need to promote it … especially if you’re not necessarily into self-promotion. That’s me. I want to build readership {and sales} for the novella Heaven Shining Through and the collection of essays, … Continue reading

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To Bring Good News to the Poor

As the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity continues, I’ll share these words from Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute, a ministry of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, a Roman Catholic religious community of brothers and priests in the tradition … Continue reading

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Let’s pray

I hope this becomes a Saturday fixture. I know the requests are on my prayer list and I hope you consider putting them on yours as you place your petitions before the Lord Sunday. June shares her great-grandson Jaiken was … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Influence

Welcome to Five Minute Friday. The task is to write for five minutes on a specific prompt word from your mind and heart. Then, post and encourage others who have braved the exercise by linking up at Kate’s spot on … Continue reading

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Joys & Concerns, Just a Reminder

You might remember, in an attempt to make the blog more interactive, I have been asking for your input. Specifically, I’ve requested a short note listing your joys and concerns so I can bring them to the Lord during my … Continue reading

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This Day

It started as a way to spend time praying for my family, friends and faith partners and share with them some nugget of encouragement for the week. Sometimes it’s a sentence. Sometimes a paragraph. Sometimes a story. I’ve discovered each … Continue reading

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The Voice of the Lord

The sevenfold occurrence of the phrase the voice of the LORD in Psalm 29 intrigues me. Then, when we come to the Matthew reading, the words of Isaiah Jesus quoted arrest our attention, This people honors Me with their lips … Continue reading

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Dear Lord

I hope this becomes a Saturday fixture — Prayer-Care-Share. It’s been a slow transition, but the intent of this category is first and foremost to bring your words of praise and joy and prayer requests and concerns to the foot … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Better

Five Minute Friday is back for a new year! And I’m ready … on a Friday. The weekly exercise calls for the FMF community to take five minutes on a specific word prompt and see what comes out: not a … Continue reading

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Jesus, Take the Wheel

It’s always interesting when I dream — especially when they are super vivid and memorable. I dream a lot, in fact, all I have to is close my eyes and those neurons in the grey matter go crazy. Most of … Continue reading

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