As we approach the celebration of Easter, the resurrection of Jesus ... preceded, of course, by the rememberance of Good Friday, the crucifixion of Jesus, I have been pondering two little thoughts these days: 1. I read this the other day: 90% of sermons preached in the American church can be summed up in two […]

  A dying man asked a dying man for eternal life; a man without possessions asked a poor man for a kingdom... In the divine plan it was a thief who was the escort of the King of kings into paradise. If our Lord had come merely as a teacher, the thief would never have asked […]

The years of all of us are short, our lives precarious. Our days and nights go hurrying on, and there is scarcely time to do the little we might. Yet we find time for bitterness, for petty treason and evasion. What can we do to stretch our hearts enough to lose their littleness? Here we […]

Is there an angel in the house? If there is, come to me... and if you aren't too tired, or otherwise occupied, and if it isn't too tacky a request, please rock me. I am bruised. If you will hold me until morning, I promise I will rise and light the fire  and break the bread […]

I don't often do this ... That is, post thoughts about "being a woman." But, I have been pondering this for a bit: I enjoy a hot yoga class a few times a week. At my age, a perfect form of exercise! And one particular instructor often pushes us to "breathe ... breathe so I […]

Doing some great reading on GRACE for my Easter teaching ... and stumbled upon this beautiful statement. See if it doesn't lift your spirits today: "The gospel liberates us to be okay with not being okay. We know we're not - though we try very hard to convince other people we are. But the gospel […]