Category: A Faith in Process

Time and space seem to go together. Seventeen years ago, I downsized from a 12-room house to a 4-room condo. Initially, boxes were piled everywhere, proof that I’d brought more stuff than I could house. It took me a year and a half to find everything a designated place, and that was after I donated…

I can’t think about aging without thinking about time. We think of time as past, present and future, but I think time is the links of life joining everything together in an unending chain of “now.” And we mostly don’t notice it is passing. Because we are unconscious of it, or because we are distracted?…

“It is never too late, no matter how old you get because anytime or any point in your life you can always have a chance to make a difference. You can always make a change for the better no matter what background you derived from. You can always do your best and be all that…

There’s no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege. Cary Grant *** As of this weekend, I have entered the 4th quarter: The 4th quarter of a century. The game is winding down. It’s a bit of a shock. I don’t feel “old,” however…

“Your potential is the sum of all the possibilities God has for your life.” Charles Stanley *** “There is no one who is insignificant in the purpose of God.” Alistair Begg *** For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 NIV *** God…

I will answer them before they even call to me.While they are still talking about their needs,I will go ahead and answer their prayers!Isaiah 65:24 NLT Nineteen years ago, when it became clear that Barry was dying, I called the cemetery where my grandparents and father are buried. Did they have anything nearby? I needed…

I can hear some of you asking, “Why?” As though cleaning on this scale is weird. Because I can. Because I still have the strength and ability to move furniture, mop floors, wash bedding. Right now, I’m all hot and sweaty, and getting ready to take a shower before sleep. (Because who wants to crawl…

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might. Ecclesiastes 9:10a NIV *** Last week, that meant working in the great room. Moving furniture, cleaning out drawers and cupboards, washing the floor, the rugs and the linens. Strenuous, but worth every effort. The room looks, well, great. *** Whatever you do, work at…

But you are God’s “chosen generation”, his “royal priesthood”, his “holy nation”, his “peculiar people”—all the old titles of God’s people now belong to you. It is for you now to demonstrate the goodness of him who has called you out of darkness into his amazing light. In the past you were not “a people”…