Do you know Thomas the Engine? If you’re a mommy, Thomas the Engine is not a distant memory. There is a whole theme park dedicated to Thomas and his train community. Thomas is an engine that cares about his fellow engines and is really about doing the best job he can do. Thomas likes to …
When news of this virus first broke amidst my husband being called upon to go on a trip that would lead him to the East from the states, I paid attention. When it started spreading at an uncontrollable rate, I paid attention. When they started quarantining, I prayed. When we found out that our community …
Is it ever okay to stop learning…. What happens when we learn? Someone might say, when we learn we grow. Another might say, learning everything, all the time is overrated. Do we just continue to grow… or at some point, is it okay to stop our learning for something better. True learning, like running water, …
I’m not a pushover! If you’ve ever said these words there is most likely an explanation as to why… Would you agree? It’s almost like having to say that a certain group of people’s “lives matter.” If you have to say it, it points to the probability that the opposite is or has been accepted …
What do you hope for? Sometimes a bright future just seems out of our view. What we want to hope for, we cannot because we do not have this bright view. Sometimes it’s because we have our hands and thoughts in so many different places, done so many things, that our vision has become cloudy. …
It’s about letting go. Have you ever, as a parent, been so frustrated with your child that you wound up just releasing them and saying to yourself… “They’ll learn…” The only difference is that, they’ll learn the hard way. It’s one of the most difficult things to do as a parent. To watch your child …
For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; so turn, and live.” (Ez 18:32) Would you say that turning takes effort. It’s not the same as staying straight, continuing in the same way (or is it?). When we turn either by allowing our internal compass to be shifted or …
There are things in this life that are right to do, and things that are wrong to do… would you agree? However, when we hear the Spike Lee movie phrase, “Do the Right Thing”… there may be a larger picture to consider. Could we agree that the phrase ‘do the right thing’ is just part …
Building a fire requires kindling. And kindling, as important as it is, is sometimes hard to come by. The best thing would be to use the small parts of the tree. The extremities that would naturally be trampled into the ground. They’d have to be collected, stripped of anything with moisture, and then can be …
Where Am I? Sometimes we end up in places asking this question. It may follow with ‘How did I get here?’… if we’re perceptive enough. Most times however, it won’t. It’s the difference between wandering and wondering, between processing and understanding. We get stuck in places we do not always understand and the illustration of …
It’s infectious. Not the “mercy” part, but the main dish part. Think about it… If you were to pick the part of the supper to be what would you want to be? The main dish in which all the side dishes are orchestrated around it, or a side dish… a mere follower of the main …
We hide. We cover things up. Not just once, more than once. We try to cover up things multiple times from an all seeing, all loving, all knowing God. We have secrets. Those parts of our lives we feel we need to bare… alone. Those things we would not dare let other people in on. …
