Baseball Parents

Maybe your kid plays for the best team in the league. Maybe he plays for a team that never wins a game. Maybe that umpire can’t make a correct call if someone phones it in. Either way, you are responsible for your reactions at the game. Please be cognizant of this. Cheer your child or [...]

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A Father’s Day Menu

It’s almost that day. You know, that day when we give the dads in our lives gifts they don’t really want and won’t long remember? Most children will make some sort of card or picture to give to Dad to show their appreciation, but many of us will forgo that and purchase a card at [...]

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Make Your Own Coffee Creamer

Anyone who has seen me on Facebook knows I generally start the day with a check-in at my Comfy Chair with a View that includes, “Coffee, Bible, Journal, Jesus time” I’m one of those who enjoys a bit of cream in her coffee, and this recipe struck me as something I might try. How about [...]

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Episcopal Bishop says Paul Wrong

I wasn’t raised in the Episcopal faith. The closest I’ve been to being Episcopalian is exploring Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia and knowing a couple who are wonderful. What I don’t know about this faith would fill a book, except that I’m pretty sure those within it believe that Jesus died for their sins [...]

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Birthday Wish

Our grandson, Nicholas, turns 11 this year. His one wish, for a birthday present, is water, bottled water. Nicholas has seen how much people on the streets of Knoxville on hot summer days. He knows what it is like to be thirsty and hot. All on his own, he decided to use his birthday for [...]

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Thankfulness

“Enter His gates with THANKSGIVING,” the Psalmist says. Could it be so simple that worship begins with giving thanks? How do you do that?

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Rough Water

When we went on our cruise in December, I didn’t know what to expect. We had gone “deep sea” fishing in the Gulf of Mexico once and on a dolphin cruise once. When we headed out to sea through Charleston Harbor, it seemed that the water grew rougher with each passing moment. After dinner that [...]

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diplomacy & expectations

Today I’m indulging in some me-time. As in, introspection and at moments some very real pity-partying. I’ve been challenged today to become more. The challenger noted that I don’t let people see the real me. This person also said that many times I come across as “demanding.” Wow. I guess I do come across as [...]

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A wounded child

– from 2009 As I write this, I am 48 years old. I am an adult. A mother. A grandmother. A wife. A businesswoman. An employee. And I am a wounded child. I shared something really important with my mother the other day. Something I really wanted to see excitement in her face about. Something [...]

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The Process is the Purpose

I have alluded to this in previous posts. This is what I shared at church: “I waited patiently for the Lord to help me and He turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid [...]

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Counting Gifts 69-83

Thanking God for gifts I don’t usually take the time to consider, this week’s installment on my Joy Dare journey. 69.  the story of Mrs. Zebedee (James’ & John’s mom) seen in a new way 70.  summer shirt worn in January 71.  a weather day: started in 70s with windows open, changed to 60s with [...]

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Helpful Pain

Jeremiah spoke the words God  gave him to speak and it landed him in hot water. Well, actually, in no water. Only mud. Mire. Yuck. Even though Jeremiah spoke the words of God, the officials of the Temple didn’t like them. The king gave up the fight to help him and let the officials have [...]

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