Monthly Archives: November 2018

I do love this season. I love the music, the decorations, the tree, the excitement, the preparation, the waiting and I love the reason! I have had this love all my life. I want to share a special Advent memory. … Continue reading →

As the church year is drawing to a close, I have been re-reading the devotions I wrote since the beginning of Advent last year. The first six months were shaped by the Church Year from Advent to Pentecost. The next … Continue reading →

Originally posted on April 23, 2017  When Paulette and I recently went out for pizza, there was a couple together with their daughter seated in a booth across the room from us. They received their food before us, and about … Continue reading →

Here we are, officially in the holiday season. We cannot escape the rapid forward progress of time. We have kept the secular and commercial at arm’s length, but it is inevitable that our religious and sacred is able to haul … Continue reading →

I’m baking bread this morning; well, I will be after the dough rises. Actually I just finished the kneading; now that was a workout. (It made me appreciate all my Grandma’s fresh bread – at least six loaves every Saturday! … Continue reading →

Sometimes life can really through a curve ball. As old as I am, with as many of life’s experiences as I have had, I know my family and friends have had curve balls thrown at them also. Not sure that … Continue reading →

What a wonderful feeling when you “catch someone’s eye.” You’ve arranged to be picked up at the airport. You scan the thick, hurried crowd. You recognize a face and you wave. You’ve traveled far away. You look up and suddenly … Continue reading →

Have you ever felt that just saying “Thank you” was not enough to express how grateful you felt about something? I describe that feeling as being overwhelmed with gratitude. I feel that way quite often. It makes me want to … Continue reading →

“Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices, Who wondrous things has done, in Whom this world rejoices; Who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, and still … Continue reading →

Originally posted on November 29, 2017 When I was a young child on Thanksgiving, we always went to my Hungarian grandparents’ farm for a family dinner. It was on a dirt country road in northern Indiana, and the closest house … Continue reading →