Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Waste. Interesting word prompt. The dictionary provides some food for thought as I perused the definitions: “to fail or neglect...
“This is the day which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24, NASB) The first thing we need to notice is Who is the One who has made this day. At times, we think more of the circumstances facing us in a particular day than of the...
The change of seasons is my favorite part of living in New England. Do I have a favorite season? No, not really, as I would not want to give up any one of them. It’s autumn ”“ the seasons are changing once again. It continually amazes me to see the sunrise in a...
There is no shortage of bad news right now. People seem to be angrier, more frustrated, and increasingly verbal on any and all topics. It’s not that the news should not cause emotion to rise up in us but we do owe it to one another to listen respectfully, for...
Recently I spent time outside in our yard, weeding with my nine month old granddaughter in tow. Thankfully she was content as one could ever hope in her stroller, and enjoying seeing neighbors walk by with their dogs, the trees blowing in the wind, and eating her...
