“To be interested in the changing season is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.” ~George Santayana Billowy cotton clouds dot the blue sky while the sun’s rays stretch a warm embrace. Trees wear capes of crimson, gold, or plum, proudly displaying their newfound splendor. A cardigan is soft…
The holidays can be lonely. If family is far away–and sometimes even if they’re nearby–the whole season can loom like a spectre, inducing feelings of overwhelm. If you’re experiencing any kind of loss, separation, financial strain, or personal stress, all the preparing and shopping and cooking and traditions can easily lose their shimmer, lose their joy….
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” ~Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV Once upon a time, I was a Division I college basketball player. My favorite phrase from that time in my life was “It’s a season.” As an athlete I knew how powerful and truthful those words were….
“I wonder how many people I have looked at all my life and never seen.” ~John Steinbeck The other day I played a game of Yahtzee with my oldest boy in the middle of the afternoon. He had gone outside, but there were no friends available to play, so he came to me. I might…
With a deep breath, I pulled in air from my regulator, then slowly let the bubbles escape as I exhaled. I could hear the slow, intentional rhythm of respiration and feel the weight of the water around me. It was a comfort, an embrace. The awareness of air and water together slowed the pace of…
By Stephanie Clinton In Luke 9:51-62, Jesus is headed to Jerusalem but makes a quick stop at a Samaritan village. He didn’t tarry long as they weren’t really cool with him staying there. (I guess word hadn’t gotten back to them about how Jesus was using them as example of how to be a good servant…