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July 2021

July 21, 2021
Finding balance is tricky. Last week I wrote about balance because so many of us...
July 16, 2021
As I created the oil painting above, I couldn't help but think about a song...
July 13, 2021
Finding balance between working hard and working well can be challenging. I quit my teaching...
July 08, 2021
  "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" is a hymn I used to sing a lot...
July 07, 2021
They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will...
July 01, 2021
I love my country. While I was in Mozambique, just the mention of the Fourth of...

June 2021

June 30, 2021
In the Old Testament, God commanded the people to celebrate seven feasts or festivals per...
June 25, 2021
Rockwell's words of comfort below are an encouragement to me as an artist. I always...
June 23, 2021
  “My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is...
June 17, 2021
As Father's Day rolls around, I'm thinking about my dad. He passed away at age...
June 16, 2021
Gifts and talents are a form of God's grace we can offer to others, and...
June 12, 2021
If you want to accomplish something and you feel you don't have time, see if...
June 09, 2021
"What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus asked him. The blind man...
June 04, 2021
1. Sharing Meals Together Before COVID, we had friends over to eat on a regular...
June 01, 2021
I learned a valuable lesson from an ink splat in the middle of a portrait...

May 2021

May 28, 2021
And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children,...
May 26, 2021
As a child I thought the Underground Railroad was a literal underground railroad, but instead,...
May 18, 2021
We've been married for 40 years. I can't believe it's been so long, but I...
May 13, 2021
In the letters to the Corinthians, Paul is challenging us to see things from a...
May 10, 2021
Sojourner's Wisdom Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff. —Sojourner Truth So many Americans...
May 06, 2021
Mother's Day Thoughts As Mother's Day approaches, I have been thinking about my mother and...
May 04, 2021
Beauty and Bad News As the autumn leaves drifted through the crisp, cool air, I...

April 2021

April 30, 2021
“Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will...
April 27, 2021
Too often Christians are pessimistic, fearful of the future and certain the end of the...
April 23, 2021
Jesus, always loving and full of joy, taught and shared his stories lavishly as he...
April 20, 2021
Spending time in nature can be a path to loving people and loving God more....
April 16, 2021
After a few weeks of settling into our new home on the island of Cyprus,...
April 12, 2021
Hemingway in a Muslim University I have a confession to make: I had never read...
April 09, 2021
Emily Dickinson wrote, "Hope is the thing with feathers." I love that poem. I picture...
April 06, 2021
Sometimes I think creatives like me have a extra talent for worry. Our tendency to...
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