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…
Let the Sunshine
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine. ~Henry Ward Beecher The other day it was cloudy; the first overcast day in a long, long time. We've had such a long streak…
The Openly Faithful
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…
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.…
Entering New Season
Happy Labor Day! Although we don't officially say goodbye to summer until September 23, atmospheric and environmental change is already noticeable. The zitzing of the crickets is different, the sun is not as high in the heaven and the tint…
Grace Place
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…
Embrace All Good
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.…
Revival of Spirit
I was feeling dry, parched. There were some loose ends in the family history story I am penning and I could not quite pull parts of it all together in a way that I was satisfied with. It happens. The…
Investing-in-Self
The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. ~Ralph Nichols I recently read two articles that made me stop and think about an interesting topic. The first article was about how Finland is…
Forever Young
“With age comes the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?” ~Elizabeth Cady Stanton Last month I attended a 90th birthday party for a very dear family member. There was wonderful food,…