Daily writing promptWhat are your biggest challenges?View all responses As 2024 enters, I am already dreading the election commercials and the ugliness of politics in an election year. Since 2020, it seems that the United States has been the epicenter of Hate, as state representatives redraw voting maps that dilute or reduce the power of... Continue Reading →
When The World Seems Torn Apart, It’s Time to Change Our Ways!
Painting by Joe Hill; Image credit: Tessa Mills Every day the news worsens, and it seems as if the world is being torn apart. It’s as though everyone is angry, letting hate flow like liquids from our hearts. I don’t believe this craziness is permanent, and we can and will see a better day, If... Continue Reading →
Learning Not to Stress Over the House Cleaning!
When you teach a course at the local college and take one class toward a Master's degree, there is very little time for cleaning the house. I have learned to live by the phrase printed on a pillow a pastor friend gave me years ago, "I cleaned my house last week, sorry you missed it!"... Continue Reading →
Uncles Make the Best Fathers
Daily writing promptDescribe a man who has positively impacted your life.View all responses We called him Uncle Red, and I never learned why he had that nickname. He was the only one of my father's siblings that did not drink alcohol. He worked at the train depot behind where we lived with his sister, our... Continue Reading →
God’s Miracles Testify that He Has Us in His Hands: Sunday Devotion
A Park in Porto, Portugal, June 2023 Psalm 66: 5-9 Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles he performs for people! He made a dry path through the Red Sea, and his people went across on foot. There we rejoiced in him. For by his great power, he rules forever. He... Continue Reading →
Let God Shape Your Heart Today: Sunday Devotion
Psalm 33: 13-17 The Lord looks down from heaven; He observes everyone. He gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth from His dwelling place. He alone shapes their hearts; He considers all their works. A king is not saved by a large army; a warrior will not be delivered by great strength. The horse is a... Continue Reading →
The Woman Who Finds a Good Husband Finds a Treasure
The words of Proverbs 18:22 state, "The man who finds a wife finds a treasure, and he receives favor from the LORD." Not to add to the scriptures, but I believe it matters whether the mate you find is good, as Proverbs 21:9 declares that it is better to live on the corner of a... Continue Reading →
Love’s Joyous Whisper
At the Rodin Museum in Paris, France, May 2023 Please whisper words of love to me. Let my soul be revived. Tell me you’ll always be there, And joy supreme will be realized. Written for the Weekend Writing Prompt #333 from Sammiscribbles: Whisper in 24 words.
Let Love Be the Cure
Stumped by racism. Let us love instead of hate. It’s not hard to solve. Written for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #483: Stump and Solve.
Love is So Good the Second Time Around: Saturday Mix
I thought that love had passed me by, My present was as empty as my past. Suddenly, a rewellagans was thrust at me, And a second chance of love occurred, at last. I thought he offered only friendship, But then he took me in his loving arms. A tremor of joy touched my heart and... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 