Monthly Archives: March 2025

Also the title of a movie from the 1980’s starring Sally Field as a young wife and mother of two who is suddenly widowed in Texas in 1935. Her husband had been accidentally shot and killed by a young black … Continue reading →

Our Savior walked a 40 day journey from the Last Supper to his crucifixion.   The walk was full of stress and pain.  Yet, always we heard his words to his father, “Not my will but yours.” We have a 40 … Continue reading →

Alexander Graham Bell received his telephone patent in 1869. His invention connected us even closer than letter writing. Fast forward to our connectivity now. It seems as if a great percentage of the world walks around with a phone in … Continue reading →

It seems we spend a lot of time in our lives fretting over the issues around us and within ourselves. We complain about them, worry about them and dwell on them, making our selves miserable. There are some people who … Continue reading →

Originally posted in February 2018, updated and edited for March 2025 by Terri. No matter how many times I turn my will over to God, I find myself taking it back again. And I struggle. I struggle with simple things … Continue reading →

The word “Lent” comes from an Old English word meaning “lengthening” referring to the lengthening of daylight hours that takes place in spring. The impressions of Lent in my early memory, however, are of darkness. It was dark going to … Continue reading →

That is not a pleasant-sounding word. We think of grease or some other tough stain on our clothing that can only be “Shout”-ed out. When we need to do a background check for a job which invariably includes that embarrassing, … Continue reading →

When ideas fail me and I need a subject, I can always turn to music. It’s the one thing I know best. I love to sing and listen to music; it is the constant in my life. Certain songs, no … Continue reading →

In just two days, we gather to observe Ash Wednesday.  We’ll humbly bow to receive the ashes upon our foreheads.  We’ll be reminded that from ashes we come and to ashes we return.  God created Adam from the dust of … Continue reading →

We just returned from a 4-hour drive on an interstate highway. As is the norm on most major highways, there were areas where there were slight delays, areas where we were guided into two lanes instead of four and times … Continue reading →