A Quiet Corner of a Busy World
This year, as most of the house projects were complete, I had more time to invest in the garden. In the spring, I pulled up the rest of the fast-growing vinca (which is pretty for places where not much else will grow but a waste in a full-sun plot) and began to move around and [...]
The irony overwhelmed me Sunday after Sunday. I was experiencing a dark season of depression. Meanwhile, the church I was attending played The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir’s Psalm 34 nearly every time we gathered for worship. It’s a powerful song, based out of a beautiful psalm. But at the time, it made my heart ache. O [...]
My imagination was sparked recently by reading essays by J.R.R. Tolkien and G.K. Chesterton about fairytales and reading Genesis 3 with a friend. When I hear the story of Genesis 3, I usually envision a snake talking to Eve, perhaps an exotic snake, big and bright, but just a snake. However, a passage toward the [...]
realistic fiction “Dearly beloved…” Ellie squeezed Joe’s hand. She would have leaned in to lay her head on his shoulder, but it was too humid for that. He smiled at her before turning his attention back to where his cousin and her groom stood holding hands. The landscape behind the happy couple was gorgeous. It [...]
Fiction It was going to be one of those days. One of the students knocked my coffee off my desk and it had only gone downhill from there. I just had fifteen minutes left to give a spelling lesson and then I could drop the students off at lunch. Twenty minutes of peace! “Sorry,” the [...]
Yard saling isn't something most people can do casually. You either love it or hate it. It isn't shopping. It's bargain hunting, the luck of the draw, a knack for being in the right place at the right time. It is just about the only setting in American culture where bartering is acceptable. A few [...]
The overturn of Roe Vs. Wade continues to shake things up. I am writing from what I have observed and heard from serving at a crisis pregnancy center. I have not found a lot of research material on this topic, but I think it would make a very interesting study. From conversations I've had with [...]
The unspoken warning kills. The mute friend destroys the friendship. It has been said many times that communication is the key to a healthy relationship. The sharing of feelings, expectations, preferences, and desires is important. I would say communication that stands up and tells the truth is just as vital. Today, feelings almost invariably take [...]
You may wonder why I, who usually care so much about aesthetics and presentations posted a grainy picture of dingy brown carpet which appears to have been vandalized. This month, my church is replacing the carpet in the gym with a new floor. The carpet has been there more than thirty years. Last week, the [...]
When I got on social media yesterday, I didn't have to scroll far before I saw the first of many posts. Roe Vs. Wade has been overturned! I hit the react button and kept scrolling. I had to hit it on every post. It was almost a feeling of disbelief, yet great joy and thankfulness, [...]
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