It's been awhile since I've written in my blog. I've written on topics that were personal and helpful to me, just by getting them off my chest; however, the writings just didn't seem important to post, at the time that I wrote them. Some have been rants, some have been political, and I try to …
Category: faith
Still… A Different Type of Sacrifice
For the Christian population, it’s Lent, yet again. Last year, Lent took on quite a different feeling for everyone, whether you are Christian or not. We were all thrown into a life of sacrifice, and that sacrifice wasn’t necessarily something you chose to give up; it was more or less required. Life for all of us changed due …
How Is Your Faith?
The other afternoon, as I took a break from the normal chores, I decided to get some inspiration from Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation. Without a doubt, Richard’s words leave me with peace, or contemplation; either way, his words are good for the soul. This particular writing of his was titled: Faith and Doubt Are Not Opposites. There was …
A Different Kind of Lent
Lent, for many of us Christians, is a time of giving up something that you can’t seem to go without, or a time to truly change one’s ways, maybe giving up negativity and focusing on the positive in life. Maybe, if we can manage forty days of a positive change in our lives, we could …
Create a Garden Worth the View ~
On a gloomy day, I needed some sunshine, or at least something to make me pause and smile. Perusing through some favorite quotes, I happened upon this beauty: “Take care of your garden, and keep out the weeds; fill it up with sunshine, kind words and kind deeds, ” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This quote …
Pause and Smile~ 