Happy 1st Day of Advent... has your frenzy begun? The shopping, the ordering, the gift wrapping, the Christmas parties, the baking....all the ingredients we use to cook up thirty days of insanity leaving us feeling depleted and drained. Are you…
I'm as guilty as anyone of posting content on the internet that represents having a perfect life. I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving but if not, I want to point out that life is not always rosy for anyone.…
Personally, I hope our country is on the brink of a refreshing trend. Maybe I'm mindful of it because of the journey I have been on for the past ten years. It seems to me people are beginning to recognize…
Last week I shared a post about my guest visit to a church in northern Baltimore County, Gough United Methodist Church. In the hours I spent there, I was served a generous Sunday dinner and as I ate I talked…
About a year ago, I enjoyed an inspirational chalk art presentation at Elva's Art Barn in Lititz, Pennsylvania. The first off it's kind I have ever seen. What is chalk art ? It is "an old-fashioned form of entertainment which…
Although today's blog may seem like an ordinary blog writing, I am posting it as a means of prayer. It's been written at the request of Erica, for her ten year old daughter, Arianna. Yesterday on my birthday, I went…
I've often heard coming to a place of grace described as "living in of state of contentment." In every situation, when life becomes stormy there is a bright spot. Perhaps if we can find a beam of light in the…
I have several routes I walk regularly. When the temperature rises beyond comfortable, I usually take the "shade walk." However, I opt for it other times too, just to mix up my routine. Along the "shady route" there's the strangest phenomenon.…
It's days like this that I never want summer to end. I'm celebrating each cerculean blue sky. High humidity or not, the long bright, hot days couldn't be more welcomed. Every early morning walk comes at a brisk pace because…
And the fruits will outdo what the flowers have promised. ~Francois de Malherbe A few weeks back I volunteered at Ladew Topiary Gardens for a private event for families. It was…