"The place where...with all its dazzle and drumbeat met something softer: homecoming and safety and pure sunbeam comfort." ~ Laini Taylor Maryland Presbyterian Church, the church of my childhood. Returning to it brings warm nostalgic feelings Yesterday on Advent…
"Compassion is passion with a heart.” ~ Anonymous I swear my son Marc has never met a dog he didn't like. And his dear wife, Meghan, well, she's got a penchant for dogs too. The other day he called -…
"The product of the heart, head and hand is to be loved." ~ Elbert Hubbard On the first day of Advent a group of crafty people gathered at Mt Carmel United Methodist Church in Parkton, MD for their annual holiday…
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…
I remember singing those very verses in my childhood! In the autumn of my life, November still comes with a feeling of binding together and bringing comfort to home and hearth. Hearty feelings of kinship come when the largest contingent…
Coming to faith remains for all a sense of homecoming, of picking up the threads.....taking a place at the table that had been long vacant." ~ Malcolm Muggeridge A few weeks ago my childhood friend, a stained glass artist, and…
It is in the heart that the values lie. ~Mark Twain A few weekends ago I played tourist, and visited the Carroll County Farm Museum in Westminster, Maryland. Seeing historic buildings and replications of farm life as it used to…
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…
Our season may turn into a time of growth if you are willing to dig in right where God has you. And for one more! Today would have been my Dad's 93rd birthday, however, both he and my mom passed…
"In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it". – Marianne Williamson Have you seen the show Small Business Revolution? I like it. It…