Monthly Archives: May 2025

I was recently gifted a book entitled Love Does by Bob Goff who is the founder of Restore International, a non-profit fighting the injustices committed against children in Uganda and India. He is a lawyer and also serves as the … Continue reading →

Tomorrow will be a very beautiful day. Tomorrow is the day that my granddaughter Mollie begins a new phase of living as married woman. We are excited; her parents are excited; her sister is excited; Nana Pat is excited; Mollie … Continue reading →

I don’t fault you if you never heard of Juri Transovsky (1592-1637). He was a Lutheran pastor and hymnwriter from Cieszyn, Silesia (now Poland, then Bohemia). His early life as a pastor was troubled by the persecution of Lutherans by … Continue reading →

I’ve always liked the Breton’s Fisherman’s Prayer, and there have been a number of times in my life when I’ve felt the need to pray it. There are several versions and proposed sources for the prayer, but they contain the … Continue reading →

My childhood was spent near the Gulf. I have been back often. It feels like home at times. On other occasions, not so much. Like Ocala is becoming now, it is so overdeveloped that it’s hard to find the serenity … Continue reading →

“Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay.”  Barack Obama Barack Obama’s words continue to ring true.  As each year passes, we have more “fallen heroes” who have died in the service of … Continue reading →

Remember stackable alphabet blocks? I don’t remember having them as a toddler, but probably we did have them. (I remember Lincoln logs, haha).  Definitely, I had ABC blocks for my boys. We also, always read to our boys, so learning their … Continue reading →

When I was growing up, I was terrified of the dark. I should be more specific. It wasn’t the dark so much, but what might be in it. It was the unknown…what I might encounter in that darkness. It didn’t … Continue reading →

For a very important date. No time to say Hello, Goodbye, I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!” (Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll as spoken by the White Rabbitt as he runs down a hole into which Alice follows.)  Ever … Continue reading →

The Preacher riding his circuit came upon a member of his flock who had not been to church for several years. The man argued that he had heard it all before and knew it better than most preachers. “Do you … Continue reading →