Monthly Archives: August 2025

Just saw a meme on social media. You might have read it or something similar to it: “A YES from God, blesses you.  A NO from God, protects you. And WAITING FOR GOD Prepares you.” Well, watching an emotional movie today, triggered … Continue reading →

I recently spent time with a friend who is a “worrier”.  It is often difficult to be around her as our conversations usually revolve around what she is currently having anxiety about. I have frequently asked her why she is … Continue reading →

When my dear mother died in 2013, while cleaning out her desk, I found her personal prayer list. It was several pages, handwritten in neat Palmer method, on the type of notepad that you receive from a charitable institution when … Continue reading →

It’s ninety-something degrees today. The good news is it’s less than four months until Christmas.  The reason I’m mentioning Christmas is because of something I read by Henry Suso, a 14th century, German mystic. Suso had a vision that took … Continue reading →

David is credited with writing perhaps as many as eighty of the psalms in the Book of Psalms. He obviously had no knowledge of the singing brother and sister of a few recent decades ago, Richard and Karen Carpenter, known … Continue reading →

 God sure knew what He was doing in the childbirth process. As grueling as it is for the mother, the laboring pains, we all know that it is oh so worth it. To hear that first borning cry – there … Continue reading →

Most mornings at 8 a.m. we head for the community swimming pool.  Together with just a few morning people, we enjoy a peaceful swim.  There’s something rejuvenating about the weightless feeling of floating.  Total relaxation, nothing hurts. Journeying through the … Continue reading →

Our Luther League (teen youth group) in my home church was the BEST! We were good kids with big hearts, a wonderful parish worker who supervised us with Pastor, and we loved the Lord. We would often take 3–4-day getaways, … Continue reading →

It was while I was suffering the isolation of the Covid epidemic, that I found myself thinking about Anne Frank. I was especially touched thinking about the Frank family and how they had lived in an attic in total isolation … Continue reading →

My summertime church sometimes has a penitential prayer at the beginning of the Sunday service. It is called “The Collect for Purity.” It is a short prayer with an interesting request to the Lord. Here it is:    Almighty God, to … Continue reading →