Holiday Readiness
Today's writing on SowtheHeart.com is too good not to share. It captures how so many of us feel during the Advent Season as we go about preparing for the holidays. I'd like to thank Maryland Presbyterian Church for posting a…
What’s at the Root of It?
“If the urge to be entertained so much, to travel so much, to buy so much, and to arm ourselves so much no longer motivated our behavior, could our society as it is today still function?” Henri J.M. Nouwen, Making All Things…
Entrances and Exits
“When we worry, we have our hearts in the wrong place.” ~ Henri J.M. Nouwen, Making All Things New This church is the United Methodist Church in a place called Cades Cove in the Smokey Mountains. You might ask, what's with the two…
New Season Perspectives
Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise ...would never know the rhythms that are at the heart of life. ~Hal Borland Anything colorful landing at your feet these days? I love the earthy, musky scents…
Spiritual Nourishment
"The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return are to me continual spiritual exercises. ~ Leo Buscaglia…
A Simple Shift
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." ~Leonardo diVinci How often have we looked at something and said "It's so beautiful because it's so simple" or "What a simple concept, why didn't I think of that?" We human beings tend to complicate…
Healthy Libations
As summer winds down I am thinking about a narrative I posted on AllThingsFulfilling.com a few years ago about one of the most vivid memories of my young childhood. It involved setting up a lemonade stand with my twin sister and our…
Doing Disney
When you take time to replenish your your spirit it allows you to serve others from the overflow. You cannot serve from an empty vessel. – Eleanor Brownn No, I didn't venture off to Disneyland or Disney World. I went…
Walk with Sunday Spirit
The hard work of spring is beginning to reap it's benefits in more ways than one. Farmers time and labor spent plowing, tilling and planting seeds is becoming evident. Farm stands are cropping up everywhere and people are becoming the…
Lending and Sending
"Absent in body, but present in spirit!" ~ Corinthians v.3. My mom always shared her belief that God puts people in our path for a reason. It took me years to understand what she was talking about but through life's…