Tag Archives: Friends

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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Live from Maine

I’m trying to figure out how best to use social media. I know the different platforms, but I’m not totally sure how to maximize effectiveness. I think I realize it isn’t numbers but interactions that count. The purpose is get … 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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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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A Place to Land

It’s taken me awhile, but I finally sat down and finished Kate Motaung’s A Place to Land: A Story of Longing & Belonging. Even though there was quite a lag between reading sessions, the book never lost a beat. Kate’s … Continue reading

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Lesson in Simplicity

It started as  a way to pray for my family and friends and give them a little encouragement. Along the way, the “words for the week” just kept picking up steam, growing from five family members to close to 150 … Continue reading

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Stewards of the Blessing of Time

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven … — Ecclesiastes 3:1 Dr. Seuss wrote, “How did it get late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My … Continue reading

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Prayer-Care-Share

As I try to make this blog more interactive, I’ll slide into what I hope 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 … Continue reading

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