“So my counsel is: Don’t worry about things—food, drink, and clothes. For you already have life and a body—and they are far more important than what to eat and wear. Look at the birds! They don’t worry about what to eat—they don’t need to sow or reap or store up food—for your heavenly Father feeds…
Category: A Faith in Process
Notes from the Journey
Nodding Off
Small children do it. I have heard of dogs doing it. But I’d never seen a cat do it. It was a Sunday afternoon. Missy wanted very much to go out and play, but there was no one to take her. She sat on the cardboard castle by the window sadly looking out. After a…
Psalm 8
O Lord our God, the majesty and glory of your name fills all the earth and overflows the heavens. 2 You have taught the little children to praise you perfectly. May their example shame and silence your enemies!3 When I look up into the night skies and see the work of your fingers—the moon and the stars you…
Interesting Fact . . .
Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat. ~Author Unknown
Psalm 4: An Evening Prayer
O God, you have declared me perfect in your eyes; you have always cared for me in my distress; now hear me as I call again. Have mercy on me. Hear my prayer.2 The Lord God asks, “Sons of men, will you forever turn my glory into shame by worshiping these silly idols, when every claim that’s…
The Right Time
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven . . . Ecclesiastes 3:1 King James Version (KJV) If you are like me, you thought of the 1965 song by the Byrds. It is one of the few instances in popular music where Biblical text is used –…
Sweet Pea the Bulldog
Poor Sweet Pea. He’d had a rough life. Apparently he’d been dropped on his head: the large ceramic figure’s face had been shattered and badly reglued. So his owners, collectors of all things bulldog, took him to The Repair Shop (Netflix). (I am broken, too. Some days I think I’m too damaged to be bothered…
No?
“Zoey! No! NO!” My voice was deep, loud, and sharp with urgency. Immediately I had everyone’s attention. Jenna turned to see what was going on. Hunter ran to watch the “good” cat get in trouble. And Zoey looked at me with surprised interest, before going back to biting the lights on the Christmas tree. Again,…
Psalm 1
The Psalms are a collection of songs written over 5 centuries. They figure prominently in Jewish worship: Jesus Himself sang them (“When they had sung a hymn… Matthew 26:30). During the Middle Ages, with literacy rare and books painstakingly hand-copied, the Psalms (Psalter) were the only scripture available to lay people. At that time, Benedictine…
Resolution? Reflection!
The New Year has always been a time to plan the future. Most of us are accustomed to making New Year’s Resolutions: eat healthier, exercise more, save money, read more, get organized, etc. Maybe first, though, it would be helpful to reflect back, recalling what went right for us in 2019, what sparked joy. I…