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“Every breath we draw is a gift of his love; every moment of existence is a grace. Gratitude, therefore, takes nothing for granted, is...

I recently attended a class dealing with the election. I went to support the class leader and hoped to learn something. It was...

“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” John Lubbock Last week, we stumbled upon a free outdoor concert. We were in a...

"Amazing grace! How sweet the sound." John Newton I spent a good deal of time in the marching band when I was in high school. We would...

“Although time seems to fly by, it never travels faster than one day at a time. Each day is a new opportunity to live your life to the...

“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”  John Bunyan Imagine the darkness, the...

I recently received a gift from one of my children, who has a minimal income. It was a box filled with things to delight me. It meant...

Have you ever considered how you move through the world? Do you burst on the scene as a leader? Do you come gently, offering grace with...

“Your life is a sacred journey…You are on the path…exactly where you are meant to be right now.” Caroline Adams Miller Before I even knew...

“What makes life good is not a particular set of circumstances but how the heart interacts with them.” Tim Keller Like many families, we...

“For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a...

“A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle.” Thomas Jefferson My Aunt Jeanie was different from my other aunts. She was tall...

“The best journey takes you home.”* Home. The word itself seems to call out to us. It’s good to be home. Home is the place where you...

“Laugh and grow strong.” St. Ignatius of Loyola The other day I found myself gravitating to a certain checkout lady at a local grocery...

"Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go."* I grew up in a small town across the street from a cornfield. We would watch the...

It’s time for a well. It’s time for a drink of life-giving water. In the midst of all the things that need to be done, in the midst of...

Do you know how fast you are going? We drove to Canada last week-end. After a long wait to get across the border we found ourselves on a...

One of the challenges of getting older is not the lines that begin to form on your forehead but lines that underline the names and needs...

We stayed at a vacation rental near Lake Michigan one winter. It was a small, charming house with beach access and limited views of the...

One of the books that I enjoyed this past year was Tell It Slant. The title comes from an Emily Dickinson poem: Tell all the Truth but...

Waiting is something we all have in common. We wait for small things, like the stoplight to change or big things, like medical test...

I noticed something the other day that got me thinking. I was in the grocery store standing in the check-out line. I could see a customer...

“From your lofty adode you water the mountains, the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.” Psalm 104:13 (ESV) I read this verse...

“Consolation is the dropping of a gentle dew from heaven on desert hearts beneath.” Charles Spurgeon We were out for an evening drive...