Living the Life One Doesn’t Select
I’m taking a little personal time off today for a haircut and some relaxation. Too many busy days in a row have taken a toll and I need a break. I’ve got bruises all over from moving boxes and … Read More
Garden Thoughts After Hurricane Michael (After 10/10/18)
December 27, 2018 WJHG had a reminder in morning news about the fire hazard of drying Christmas trees. What about the fire risk of fallen dead trees on the roadsides and on every vacant lot in the area. Hope the … Read More
Swords to Plowshares
Meme seen: “You attract people when you have a healing spirit. Be careful with that. Because darkness is drawn to your light…… #everybodydontwanthealing.” That’ll come to light soon enough. It took a while for me to figure it out, though. … Read More
Remaking a House a Home
Written 5/17/19- as we have been clearing, cleaning, and repairing the Titus 2 life recovery residence. I received a call yesterday from the piano technician who pronounced the death knell upon our ministry’s Baldwin piano recently. He’d located a wonderful … Read More
Letting My Body Down
Letting My Body Down May 4, 2020 In February 2019, during the extreme recovery aftermath of Hurricane Michael I began some experiencing pain in the right side of my neck and shoulder. The neck pain I attributed, in part, to … Read More
God Calls and Makes His Mark
stig-muh (singular) or stig-mah-tuh (plural) In general: In the singular especially, it is a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one’s reputation. Medicine/Medical: a. a mental or physical mark that is characteristic of a defect … Read More
A Severe Mercy ?
A severe mercy? On April 29, 2015 I wrote briefly in a social media post after reading one of my favorite daily meditations written by Jill Carattini of Ravi Zacharias Ministries, a portion of which is here: “Practically speaking, disillusionment … Read More
Another Fisherman’s Story…..
As fervently and broadly as prayers by Christians have been being raised for the last month or so since this menacing contagion came to our attention, the fact that our leaders have shifted into a more sober, cooperative, urgent, and … Read More
Going Home at the Appointed Time
I received a message recently from a Facebook friend who asked this: “Cathy, you had a post awhile back regarding a young man, I think, with addiction problems that had died and how God sometimes calls people home, releasing them … Read More
Lessons from the Syrophoenician Woman’s Plea
A heretical bishop in the United Methodist Church had written that this story, told in Matthew 15:21-28 and in Mark 7:24-30, is an example of Jesus’ bigotry and misogyny, that he would ignore a Gentile woman’s pleading for help. But as … Read More