From a friend. 2/21/12… YO! Biirthday girl. You look great for 39+. I know your secret. You eat lots of Italian food. Let me leave you with this pearl of wisdom. Satchel Page, was a picher for the former Negro League. He was called "EMINENT PHILOSOPHER", and once said, ''IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW HOW OLD YOU ARE, HOW OLD WOULD YOU FEEL"? As for me, some days I feel like the odometer on a 1957 Chevy, going around for the 4th time. Happy Birthday.

I am neither a "glass-half-empty" nor a "glass-half-full" kind of gal. I am a "the glass-can-always-be-refilled" kind of gal. That is an optimism that arises from confidence in the Source and Content, not confidence in the container. It is rarely a case of either/or but more likely a case of both/and…………God has created exquisite scales in creation that balance things……..Like his very character, transcendent and imminent, mighty and meek, CBB 2/21/16

I had a great time preparing and delivering the message "The Name of God“, about God's nature and our understanding of him. for today at Carillon Beach Chapel. I have preached and taught on this topic before but today seemed more powerful than before and the Lord was very present with us! Yesterday as I drove home from Tallahassee, I listened to the words of this song I've heard many times and never realized what it really says! More than you Think I Am” by Danny Gokey You always think I'm somewhere on a mountain topBut never think behind barsYou'd be amazed the places that I'd go to be with...

What does being in "covenant" with someone mean to you? Answering one another's calls or emails? Being available to assist or provide guidance in times of need? Offering concerns about one another's conduct promptly? Being willing to help seek answers? Helping one another to gain understanding? Expecting the best of one another? Praying with and not simply for one another? Listening to one another? Shared values? When one believes that the other has not acted in harmony with the precepts of the gospel and attempts to ask why with no responses forthcoming, is it reasonable to think one might...

Over Simple Supper last evening at church Bible study some of us were comparing progress in storm recovery and celebrating small victories for various families. We were also observing that, now four and a half months into this process, many are feeling very tired. The adrenaline immediately after the storm has long ago been depleted. We can see progress, but we can also see how much more still needs to be done. The realization of how large the task is for our community and how little we as individuals can accomplish day by day sometimes overwhelms us. There were volunteers from Bushnell, FL...

Over Simple Supper last evening at church Bible study some of us were comparing progress in storm recovery and celebrating small victories for various families. We were also observing that, now four and a half months into this process, many are feeling very tired. The adrenaline immediately after the storm has long ago been depleted. We can see progress, but we can also see how much more still needs to be done. The realization of how large the task is for our community and how little we as individuals can accomplish day by day sometimes overwhelms us. There were volunteers from Bushnell, FL...

Dr. Curt Thompson on Lent: "As I have been reflecting on and anticipating this season in the church calendar, it occurred to me how beautifully and mysteriously our observance of Lent maps on to our day to day experiences, as well as the whole of our lives. Not least in terms of how it connects us not only to our sin, but to our grief. And as it turns out, it is to our grief we must go if it is liberation from our sin that we desire. At one level, Lent invites us to examine ourselves to name those elements of our lives—our sin—for which we long to repent; to repent of those characteristics...

Today’s (2/21/23) Wake Up Call from seedbed.com is an important word for us in our faith journey or pilgrimage. And one particular paragraph JD shares really speaks to me. I think it bears repeating. “Mountain top experiences cannot be contained. They must be received as holy encounters and then processed and pressed into pilgrimage. I love the way Oswald Chambers speaks of this, “It is a wonderful thing to be on the mountain with God, but a person only gets there so that he may later go down and lift up the demon-possessed people in the valley (see Mark 9:14-18).” He adds, “The true test of...

From 2/22/2016: CBB "LOL! I just realized the reason I haven't been motivated to write an annual "Christmas letter" to send out to family and friends in Christmas cards the last couple of years, as I had been accustomed to doing for quite a few years! I do it day-by-day here on Facebook. I share events of our family's lives in the ordinary things that delight us. Saves a lot of trees and money and avoids the inconvenience and annoyance to those who could care less. But for those who care (or those who like to point and laugh or roll their eyes) it's worth the investment of a little time to...