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September 2024

September 10, 2024

Politics. It’s Exhausting and Filled With Hope.

"God isn't asking you to figure it out. He's asking that you trust that He...

September 05, 2024

Lamenting the Sunday School Generation And Its Life Lessons

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where...

August 2024

August 27, 2024

A Hymn, A Mentor, A Life Deposit And A Lesson In Faith

“Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.” Rabindranath...

August 13, 2024

Can We Have Another Jesus Revolution?

"You don't need to clean up your life and come to God. You come to...

August 07, 2024

Life Kind Of Feels Like A Fever Dream Right Now

“The current fever dream has no chance against the forces of love. Love is a...

July 2024

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 14, 2024

It’s Time To Step Away From The Comments Section

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good 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...

July 07, 2024

Deconstructing Theology. Is it Okay to Ask God Questions?

"When Christianity entered into the world, people were not Christians and the difficulty was to...

June 2024

June 29, 2024

How Do We Find Hope When The World Is Screaming Around Us?

"Hope is a whisper in a world that shouts. But listen for it. Listen for...

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 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 16, 2024

What Can I Give God? A Mustard Seed.

“Remember, there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a...

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 10, 2024

A Mother Is Much Like a Casserole. It’s All In The Recipe

“Try not to be a person of success, but rather try to become a person...

May 02, 2024

Will Others Know We Are Christians By Our Love?

Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just...

April 2024

April 24, 2024

What is the bread in your life? What’s in Your Recipe?

“Love doesn’t sit there like a stone; it has to be made like bread, remade...

April 18, 2024

Can the Beatitudes Help Me Live a Better and Beautiful Life?

If you have been a believer for a long time, you can probably say...

April 11, 2024

Can the Titanic and Its Musicians Teach Us a Lesson?

Can the Titanic and its musicians teach us a lesson 112 years later? On April...

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...

April 04, 2024

Jesus Wept. And So Can You.

Jesus Wept. And So Can You. This evening my husband and I had the unfortunate...

March 2024

March 29, 2024

Prayer, Wigglesworth’s Knees and Forgiveness. A Devotion.

“Prayer should be the key of the day and lock of the night.” George...

March 04, 2024

Lent, Lincoln and Roses. How are they related?

Lent, Lincoln and Roses. How are they related? “We can complain because rose bushes...

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...