Homemade Happiness
Attention baby boomers and the next generations! We are all in this together, so I have you and me in mind in today's post. Wouldn't it be a fabulous thing if the U.S. of A. could climb the ranks of…
Lost and Found
A few weeks ago I moved to a new place. In my daily morning walk I found a Little Free Library about a half-block away. It's perched on a corner lot at someone's home right in my neighborhood! I am…
Inside Your Community
Is there any perfect place to live? It seems no place is ideal but, I've always felt fortunate to find many things to like in each of the places I've lived. What one State has in great weather, may lack…
Community Devotion
A few weeks ago on a Sunday morning I arrived at church early as usual.As a person who loves church music, I intentionally arrive early so I can hear the choir practicing. A once around the verses of a song…
Autumnal Migration
Someone once said "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." Soon I am going to settle in and experience life in Bel Air, right smack dab in the Heart of Harford County. Back in June the…
Warm Reception
The time has come for a revival of public worship as the finest of the fine arts… ~Andrew W. Blackwood The fruit of the spirit was alive and manifest in every way possible at Gough United Methodist Church last Sunday afternoon.…
Keeping Community Together
A Christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another, or it collapses. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer On Sunday, September 15 I went to a presentation at the Historical Society of Baltimore County called Vanishing Heritage: Baltimore County’s…
Canned Memories of a Season
Every weekend a farm stand conveniently pops up on the corner right up the street from where I have been living. The past few weekends I've noticed how the tomatoes are stacked high; and not even to mention all the…
Nailed Down Selflessness
Today we are going to turn our attention to a man who became a master builder for the futures of thirty-three children. Born with a servants heart, this man spent his lifetime "working for a cause, not looking for applause."…
The Gift of Time
I am the first one to admit I'm not one to "drop in on people" without being invited. Perhaps it is because I don't like to inconvenience anyone over anything. I figure whatever someone else has on their to-do list…