My older brother and I were in our teens when we decided to explore the shoreline in an area we were not familiar with. Our fishing jaunt was not going well and the forested land intrigued us. Our search uncovered an old cemetery overgrown with weeds. We were fascinated as we looked through […]
When Jesus said that it was “Easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” (Matthew 19:24) – He must have been thinking about those who have no concept of the burdens which are placed on people, when they do […]
The State of the Union message was already trashed and tossed before the president spoke on Tuesday night. My frustration with Washington dysfunction grew a little more. I tell myself that somewhere are Senators and Representatives who have the interest of all of us in their hearts. I see glimmers here and there where people […]
For Christmas, my sister and her husband received a Gratitude Jar. Their oldest grandchild is a second grade teacher who had the idea of putting together a “Gratitude Jar” as a family gift to her grandparents. Each child, spouse and grandchild in the family was asked to name something they were grateful to my sister […]
We’ve been experiencing a bit of a chill in Minnesota. It’s not that we haven’t been here before, we have. But, it’s been a few years since the subzero temperatures of today, were quite so low. We are owning our bragging rights. Family members from my home town in southern Minnesota were posting on Facebook […]
I lost my brother-in-law this morning, three months after he was diagnosed with cancer. Again I’m surprised the way that grief catches us in moments of loss. One grieves first for one’s own loss. But, I think for me, it is seeing the grief of my sister, their children and grandchildren that deepens my own […]
Last year we were challenged to make a point of giving a blessing to strangers. One idea was to ask servers in restaurants and clerks in check-out lines how their day is going. So, for about a year I’ve been doing that. Most often, people will smile and I will hear about either a good […]
