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Are You Frustrated With Our Leaders? Try This Prayer

“Prayer does not equip us for the greater work. Prayer is the greater work.” Oswald...

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April 23, 2026

As World Events Accelerate-A Prayer of Position and Faith

Let us seize and hold tightly the confession of our hope without wavering, for He...

March 2026

March 05, 2026

God Hasn’t Changed-Have We?

“We cannot change God. If changes are to be made, they must be made in...

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January 08, 2026

Toss Out The Tobiah’s In The Storerooms of Your Life

“The closer you walk with God, the less room for anything to come between.” Suzanne...

November 2025

November 04, 2025

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus-An Inspiring Meditation

Spend a little time with Him and you'll dust off your soul. The duster will...

May 2025

May 01, 2025

It’s Time For Us To Change Our Coats

“The story of Joseph is in the Bible for this reason: to teach you to...

October 2024

October 16, 2024

The Insignificant Is Significant To God

“Little by little, a little becomes a lot.” Tanzanian Proverb Unless you just completely avoid...

September 2024

September 20, 2024

A Host of Angels. What Do They Have To Do With Us?

Do not neglect to show kindness to strangers; for, in this way, some, without...

September 08, 2024

Blue Willow Life Lessons

"All great change starts at the dinner table." Ronald Reagan Today we had a big...

July 2024

July 26, 2024

Is It Possible To Channel The Mind Of An Olympian?

“Don’t run from a challenge. Instead run toward it because the only way to escape...

July 24, 2024

Perhaps It Is Time For A Timeline Cleanse

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is...

July 10, 2024

Have You Cleaned Out Your Spiritual Refrigerator Recently?

“Clutter is not just the stuff on your floor-it’s anything that stands between you and...

June 2024

June 26, 2024

It’s Okay To Tell God I Don’t Know

"It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without heart."...

June 22, 2024

An Empty Nester’s Guide to Life, The Universe and Everything

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I ended...

June 20, 2024

Life Has Choices. Destruction. Definition and Strength.

“When something bad happens, you have three choices. You can either let it define you,...

June 13, 2024

A Queen, Life, D-Day and John Williams. Life Goes On

“Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well...

May 2024

May 21, 2024

Dwelling In Possibility and the Catharsis it Brings.

"I Dwell in Possibility." Emily Dickinson Catharsis: The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief...

May 13, 2024

The Marvelous Gift of Grace

“We witness other people's storms from the shelter of our own perspectives. Let’s be mindful...

May 06, 2024

Was The Woman At The Well The First Evangelist?

Jesus Traveled Where Some Dare Not Travel Picture if you will Jesus, traveling purposefully into...

April 2024

April 06, 2024

What Are You Doing With Your 86400 Seconds Today? A Reverie

The Gift of 86,400 Seconds “Imagine this: If you had $86,400 in an account...

March 2024

March 27, 2024

From Darkness to Light. A Resurrection Pondering.

The Gift of Darkness to Light. “In order for the light to shine so...

March 21, 2024

Can Christ Kintsugi My Heart?

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with...

March 05, 2024

Brontë, Pascal and Lent. Interesting Combo, Right?

Brontë, Pascal, and Lent. Interesting Combo, Right? When I was in high school, I had...

February 2024

February 28, 2024

To Fear or Not to Fear? When Will Lent Be Over?

To Fear or Not to Fear? When Will Lent Be Over? During Sunday school last...

February 20, 2024

Lent is here. Remind me how to make it until Easter?

You've made your declaration for Lent with the best of intentions. Those intentions are...

February 12, 2024

The Gift of a Quandary?

Life is a quandary. Life can be a mess. There are days when you...

September 2023

September 08, 2023

The Gift of Hope

The Gift of Hope Positive Pensées Kathy King “Never lose hope, one day...

September 06, 2023

The Gift of the Courage to Continue

The Gift of the Courage to Continue Positive Pensées Kathy...

August 2023

August 19, 2023

The Gift of Something has to be Good

The Gift of Something Has to Be Good Positive Pensées Kathy King “Every day...

August 15, 2023

The Gift of Pianissimo

The Gift of Pianissimo and Silence Positive Pensées Kathy King “Silence isn’t empty, it...