Monthly Archives: January 2016

Dear Reader: It’s hard to believe that the day has finally arrived that Clemson fans, players, families, and coaches have dreamed about for a long time…decades in fact. I have enjoyed reading all the newspaper articles and watching the sports … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: I, sometimes, have to laugh at humanity for making life so much more complicated than God ever intended. Here we were given a beautiful world, a paradise, and all we had to do to maintain it was simply … Continue reading →

              Dear Reader: Anne Lamotte tells the following Indian fable: I often remember the story from India of a beggar who sat outside a temple, begging for just enough every day to keep body … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Frederick Buecher once said; “The story of one of us is the story of us all.” (If I am telling a story and I begin to notice people in the audience nodding their heads and smiling…then I smile … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: The ancients, like us modern folks, loved nothing more than to throw their heads back and revel in a starry night and the vastness of the universe, as they knew it, in wonder. I spent many a childhood … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: At first glance the bare-limbed Bradford Pear, in my front yard, might appear “bleak” but if you take a moment longer to study it, you will find a bright surprise…there is one red leaf still left on the … Continue reading →

                Dear Reader: I think the transition after the holidays with a long (usually cold) January awaiting….leaves us all a little less joyful, perhaps, than we were with the anticipation of Christmas and … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Kate-Wolfe Jenson, in her latest blog, provided this famous quote that I love: GOD’S FIRST LANGUAGE IS SILENCE. EVERYTHING ELSE IS A TRANSLATION. – Thomas Keating As I went to re-decorate the Franklin Stove yesterday….after removing the Christmas … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: A definite God Wink took place yesterday. Here we are just barely with our toe in the door opening of 2016 and a God Wink has already befallen  me. Like most of the mornings recently, yesterday appeared pretty … Continue reading →

        Dear Reader: Don’t we love being around people who can light up a room simply by entering it? These are people who keep a sparkle in their eyes, an amused look on their faces like they … Continue reading →