Not every soldier in the Great Battle wears camo. I thought it would be appropriate to submit this on Memorial Day weekend… as we take time to remember our own… Aunt Ida Pieces A Quilt by Melvin Dixon They brought me some of his clothes. The hospital gown. Those too-tight dungarees, his blue choir robe [...]
Continue reading about Ours and Ours … a Meditation for Memorial Day
Today is the annual Day of Silence, a day when we stop, in silence, to support our kids and protect them from bullying, abuse, name-calling and harrassment in schools. Not only our children in College, but all the way down into the grades. As long as these children have to face this abuse, we must [...]
Yesterday a friend send me a song that was pertinent to Palm Sunday, called “Why” It reminded me of a great song by Ray Boltz called “Watch the Lamb” which is similar – the story of the man who carried Jesus’ cross to Calvary. I’ve seen this song performed many times and usually in a [...]
The question came up in Rev Scott Gunn’s blog Seven Whole Days as to whether Valentine’s day is overly-commercialized. Actually to read his entry, there is no doubt that it is! I loved the post so much (actually his blog is one of my favorite reads for making my brain cells ponder the great Questions [...]
Continue reading about Your Once-A-Year Opportunity? Saying I Love You
We lost our dear Buster late in the spring to old age and old dog diseases (he was 14 and well beyond his time for a grayhound.) It just two weeks after we’d lost my mother in-law to cancer. She was one of my bestest friends and a great cancer buddy. The Cancer took them [...]
