Yes, that is quite a header….but stay with me….I found this short explanation written by someone unknown concerning how we should view ‘death’ …. here we go: “Every year, as the high holy days approach, I remember the strange synagogue in Jerusalem I visited on my first trip to Israel a long time ago. It was built by Jews who…
What in the World? When you look around, there is simply so much going on in all parts of the world – it is enough to throw up your hands and say “ENOUGH“!!! Some days…that is exactly how I feel and I am sure you do too. But is that what we are to do? Give up? Despair? Throw that…
Time has a way of catching up with each and every one of us….can I get an ‘amen’? Or maybe it is just me … and just today. The older one gets, I think the more our memory likes to go back into the file cabinet and draw out the more vivid and happy moments in time. This is one…
Good morning! What a beautiful, serene morning…or mid-morning actually. I’m enjoying a week-long break in the form of the seventh biblical feast day of the Lord. It’s called the Feast of Tabernacles, or in short, “Sukkot“. The days have been so enjoyable, so serene, and so needed. Even the alone times – and I’ve had quite a bit of that…
Another song came on right after the last one…..and it was perfect. My parents were the ultimate in everything they did … really! From raising 6 rambunctious kids, to Girl Scouts and Basketball. From unconditional support when toddlers became teenagers and then young adults to always being there in troubles and needs. They jitter-bugged their way through life – always…
Sometimes….you feel like you’re going thru the proverbial hell. I would venture to say that most of us who have walked this earth have felt that way at one time or another. All of us have an escapism that we reach out to in order to survive. Mine is putting pen to paper….and listening to music. There is something about…
This meme says a lot in a few words. Going through the journey of retrospection during this month causes us to take a look in the rear-view mirror and wonder…..what if. What if I had done this…or that…or said this…or that? Questions that have no answers. But in looking back, we can also see clearly how each and every decision…
This is the month of reflection….introspection….decisions. However, this year..this year… it’s a real strange one for me, even though I’ve been going through this journey for almost forty years. After beginning my ‘search for truth’ way back in my days of Catholicism, and then landing in the middle of a ‘back to the beginning’ spiritual movie. But…this year. This year….
So what do you think….is there truly a line in the sand that the Holy One is drawing? Do we feel that way simply because of the state of the chaos in our world? Maybe…maybe it’s a bit of both. God is always drawing a line in the sand…for you and for me – for everyone. And that proverbial line…
Throughout the years, from the mid 1980’s to now 2023, it has been a culmination of lows and highs, ups and downs miracles and seeming disasters….but every single ounce of it was worth the trip! In a week I will be crossing the golden years into … what? … not sure what they call being 71, but inside I still…