Thy Grace is Sufficient

So much in this life is thrust upon us suddenly.  We have no idea its coming, we are completely unprepared, and afterward we are never the s...

The universe has aligned against me.  I have been selected to appear for jury duty.  Welcome to the Land that Time Forgot. As I write this...

The events of the past several weeks in Japan and Libya have focused my attention on a part of life of which I know very little, if anything...

This choral piece is sweet and touching. The lyrics are below. Go here to read the stories of healing and grace associated with this song...

Chained For some reason, I have had these reoccurring thoughts of late.  About people who get stuck in life.  And about how I fear one of...

Looking Up Orion the Hunter.  Every night He guards the winter night sky over our home.  Far above the back yard, standing tall and pointi...

Before Older Daughter left for college this week, she made me a CD of some music she thought I would like. On the CD was a song by "Sc...

“God is not a belief to which you give your assent. God becomes a reality whom you know intimately, meet everyday, one whose streng...

The weeks of December were remarkable and amazing for Older Daughter, as well as for the rest of our family. She left Los Angeles, stopped...

May 2011 be a year of new blessing, abundant life, and time to reflect on what it all means. And, above it all, may you find your way.... h...

When I was 10 years old, I remember sitting in the den of our house in Arcadia with my parents, on Christmas Eve, watching the astronauts of...

Photo information here. Mary's Song by Luci Shaw Blue homespun and the bend of my breast keep warm this small hot naked ...

Into The Darkest Hour by Madeleine L’Engle It was a time like this, War &  tumult of war, a horror in the air. Hungry yaw...

And so, it’s December again, and how did we get here?   Each of us finds ourselves confronted with the Holiday reveling, rushing, purchas...

Nativity Carol Born in a stable so bare, Born so long ago; Born neath light of star He who loved us so. Far away, silent He lay, ...

Tonight, I sat in the comfort of our home, and watched the beginning episode of The Pacific on DVD.  I was again reminded that 69 years ago...

Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee life, and bid thee feed By the stream and o’er the mead; Gave the...

The Wexford Carol Christmas Hymn & Carol Lyrics Good people all, this Christmas time, Consider well and bear in mind What our good...

Give me a block of spongy stuff, my own orchestra level pup tent, and a baton. Oh, that we all could conduct our lives with such joy, aband...

I have just finished reading this book , which explores the way in which we modern folk have become tethered to our "screens" in s...

Religious Talk God. Faith.  Believing. Jesus.  Holy Spirit.  When these terms are mentioned, right away, it seems, our minds start spin...

September Again And so, we have come back around to September again. There have been 52 of them for me thus far, 19 for Oldest Daughter, ...

This summer was different for our family. We didn't go anywhere.  And that was just fine for us. In the past five years I have been k...