Easter is a global holiday. Even if you’re not Christian you know something of the history of Easter. It provides people around the world with hope. But if we went back in time 2,000 years you would meet a little band of Jesus’ followers who didn’t have a lot of hope. If they considered their […]
With the 2018 New Year comes a flurry of goal setting. Your local gym relies on it. They also rely on the fact that by February you have stopped going but your credit card keeps delivering the monthly fee! You probably didn’t achieve all your goals last year, and perhaps you wish you could have […]
“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”- Percy Bysshe Shelley “When Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.” – Harriet Ann Jacobs “The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it […]
Do you ever feel like Charlie Brown? In the midst of the Christmas decorations that have been up since Halloween, the Christmas songs stuck in your head, the lights and shopping and cookies and parties—do you ever want to just stand up like Charlie Brown and shout in exasperation, “Isn’t there anyone who knows what […]
“All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.” – Martin Luther “God has already done everything He’s going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want […]
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” Maya Angelou “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” Martin Luther King, Jr. “Hope is the thing with feathers that […]
Sacrifice is not something that we should forget, and not forgetting is the key to a life of gratitude. It’s easy to live in the moment – good or bad, but to do so creates a very one dimensional reality. Remembering releases us to encounter one another and appreciate the love, sacrifice and pain that […]
