Tag Archives: stories
Take Goliath Down
Our Words for the Week are courtesy of Max Lucado. Goliaths still roam our world. Debt. Disaster. Dialysis. Danger. Deceit. Disease. Depression. Super-size challenges still swagger and strut, still pilfer sleep and embezzle peace and liposuction joy. But they can’t … Continue reading →
Five Minute Friday — Right
Time for my Five Minute Friday contribution. Check out the amazing five minutes takes at fiveminutefriday.com (start at the community section) and share our pearls of wisdom or our pig’s ears or just mix and mingle. I’ve been sharing snippets … Continue reading →
Don’t Confuse Me with the Facts
Our Words for the Week come from Dick Innes, founder and international director of ACTS International, I‘m sure you are aware of the old saying that says, “Don’t confuse me with the facts. My mind is made up.” Also, “A … Continue reading →
Speak Up
Christianity is not for wimps! Repeatedly in Scripture, Christians are warned if they stand for righteousness the world won’t like it and will attack. So what should a believer do? Even those who have loving attitudes and are socially considerate … Continue reading →
New News
Well, the virtual date — an evening with yours truly — is in the books. As I did my self-assessment following the presentation, I concluded: — I am not technologically savvy. In fact I am technologically challenged. — I am … Continue reading →
On Broken Wings
We’re sharing Joan Clayton’s experience as Words for the Week. I wanted to share an experience I had concerning broken wings. This experience came when I needed it the most. In June 2003 my husband was in a terrible car … Continue reading →
Losing Everything
A fellow servant, Gary Kallio, offers the Words for the Week today from his writing at Fiber for the Soul. What would you do if a crisis sours your life? We hear of folk who lose everything in a house … Continue reading →
In the Nest
Our reflection this week is from Rev. Martha Spong from Daily Devotions, a publication of the United Church of Christ. Jesus put before them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed … Continue reading →
Five Minute Friday — Young
Is everybody ready for Five Minute Friday? It’s where our group of writers [okay most of them, often we have Saturday and Sunday stragglers, myself included] gather to write unscripted for five minutes on a specific word prompt. Our prompt … Continue reading →
Hallmark Moments
I’ll be the first to admit it. I am a hopeless romantic and I enjoy settling in with a good Hallmark movie. Of course, lately, I enjoy the fact I can “rest my eyes” for a minute or two and … Continue reading →
The Light 