Museum in Paris, France, May 2023 You belong on top! Don’t let people put you down. Strive, don't just survive! Written for RonovanWrites Weekly Hailu Poetry Prompt Challenge: Top and Down.
Strive! Don’t Just Survive!
Courage and Protection for the Journey Ahead: Sunday Devotion
Porto, Portugal, June 2023 Ezra 8: 21-23 There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on... Continue Reading →
Know When to Let Some Wrongs Go
Don’t be quick to fight. Pick your battles carefully. Let go of some wrongs. Written for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge: Quick and Pick.
In the Night, Remember to be Thankful in the Land of the Living
Daily writing promptWhat's your favorite time of day?View all responses At night, when the day is done, and all work has ended, I love the moments of lying beside my husband. I listen to his heartbeat, and I am grateful all over again that while Jesus says that there will be no marrying and giving... Continue Reading →
Writers are Teachers at Heart
Daily writing promptWhat do you enjoy most about writing?View all responses I am a teacher, above all other identities. My dream was to teach college from the age of nine or ten when my fourth-grade class visited the campus of Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee. That dream was fulfilled in 2000 as a graduate... Continue Reading →
Answering the Callings on Our Lives: Sunday Devotion
Haggai 1:2-8 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.’” Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai:“Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?” Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your... Continue Reading →
Democracy Without Impartiality Lacks Love
Bench by the Road, a memorial to Tony Morrison, in Sullivan Island, Hilton Head, South Carolina, an entry point for enslaved people. Oppression abounds! No impartiality. Sexism, racism, ableism, ageism, classism, and heterosexism. Where is the love? Written for the Weekend Writing Prompt #325: Impartiality in 15 words, from Sammiscribbles.
Seeing Ourselves as Warriors: Wednesday Devotion
Judges 6: 12-16 When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But... Continue Reading →
The Last Time We Meet: What Do You See?
Photo Credit: Simon Berger @ Unsplash As Ella walked to number 115, her heart hurt, knowing it was the last time she and James would meet. She would miss how he always spoke the right words to uplift her spirits. When they first met, he seemed as strange as a Martian on planet Earth. His... Continue Reading →
Ode to the Graduate Student on Social Security: Wordle
Playing in the Park Diderot in Courbevoie, France, in May 2023 Many think that we are grumpy old people in need of assistance, Who should consider themselves fortunate to have lived so long. But we still have an inventory of gifts to share with the world. We aren’t sitting in fairgrounds prepared to sing our... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 