Like that saying, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all,” I don’t always know what to write in this blog, and I don’t want to just write anything. So I figured, for my benefit and hopefully your encouragement, I’ll let the Author do the talking. So I’m starting a […]
Why I Don’t Celebrate Lent
I’ve been quiet on my blog this week. Maybe I over talked myself with The Single Woman’s 30-Day Blogging Challenge, but even though I haven’t posted anything, I’ve been reading. And I’ve been reading a lot about Lent. Lent started this week. I’ve been wanting to write about it, but…not. I’m torn. Here’s why. I’m part […]
The Answer to Loneliness
One of the tallest hurdles a single person goes through is loneliness. Like the old adage, “No man is an island,” people need other people. We need people to talk to, to sit in silence with, to laugh with or cry with, and even to hold (to hug, to pat on the shoulder, to give […]
See Past Our Giants
I was a perfectionist. Whether from the pressures of being the eldest child or the fear of punishment, I had to do everything right. When I messed up, I felt great shame and fear, and sometimes lied to cover up my mistakes. It took me a long time to understand God’s grace and what it […]
You’re On an Adventure With God
I love to travel. I don’t get to do it often, which is why it’s the one resolution I keep making every new year (to visit a US state I’ve never visited before). I enjoy exploring and seeing things I’ve never seen before. I enjoy being awed by what I can stumble onto. The saddest […]
Fasting: More than Skipping Meals
Fasting is one of those Christian disciplines that…tbh as the kids say…a lot of people avoid. It’s the slap-your-face kind of sacrifice. The kind that you immediately feel and feel specifically, and that’s why…I dare say…most of us don’t do it unless we feel like we have to do it. Like when the Church calls […]