Category: Love

  • Something to Celebrate

    In 1973, Tuesday, January 16th was my 6th birthday.  It was also the day that National Nothing Day was added to Chase’s Calendar of Events. According to Wikipedia, its purpose was to provide Americans with one national holiday when they can just sit without celebrating, observing, or honoring anything.  Humorist Harold Coffin sponsored this non-holiday, and even is…

  • The Best Kind

    A couple of weeks ago I wrote to you about all the ways that we hurt, and all the ways that we can help others heal. I mentioned to you about how this truth had been driven home to me through my experience at a local chiropractor’s office. Each person in this office has blessed…

  • Quiz: How Kind Are You?

    For awhile now, I’ve been pondering the principle of Kindness. I’m not really sure what prompted my thoughts to meander down that path, but I think it’s due partly to how distant I see people getting. It’s like we were all living in this world together and mostly getting along, agreeing that there are things that…

  • Four Thoughts for Holy Week

    Holy Week is an opportunity for us to take the time to clear away the clutter and busy of our lives to focus on those things that are of eternal importance. So often our thoughts and hearts get distracted by things that don’t feed our souls. This week, I am making the time to meditate…

  • Be Kind: Here’s How

    I had the privilege of meeting my friend Sandi Joy just a couple of months ago at a conference/retreat for Christian women comedians, speakers, and writers. In fact, Sandi was the first person I met when I arrived at the hotel. It was a “dark and stormy night” kind of Sunday afternoon, and I had…

  • Three Reasons to Be Kind Today

    This world that we live in can be pretty hard on us, can’t it? Some days I feel discouraged about the things I feel are a constant battle.  Sometimes I find at the end of the day that I am  physically, emotionally, and psychologically exhausted.  And as my head hits the pillow and I reflect over…

  • Speechless

    Have you ever felt something very deeply and tried to explain to someone else what you were feeling; instead, you found yourself absolutely speechless?  The hymn, “The Love of God,” speaks to the impossibility of our ever fully being able to describe how deeply we are loved by God. In Ephesians 3:19, the Apostle Paul…

  • A funny thing happened on the way home from the solar eclipse….

    A friend of mine and I made the trek to North Georgia to see the total solar eclipse. It was amazing. Sitting in a field of sunshine, surrounded by the green lush mountains of North Georgia, listening to a musician and visiting with friends- though we had some clouds covering up the Big Event, we…

  • A Thousand Tiny Threads

    I am not a morning person. Let me take a moment and define what I mean by that. Being a successful introvert most of my life, it takes a great degree of awakeness for me to be ready to greet the world every morning. This level of awakeness usually occurs around lunch. If I appear…

  • Love: Where to Start

    An excerpt from Soul Anchors   In the act of washing the disciples’ feet, Jesus shows the centrality of humility, grace, and kindness to the way that we love others. He shows that no task is too menial, that no person is too great, and that no person is insignificant. He shows that a true expression…