During the holidays I see so much more pain. It’s almost palatable when I go to a store and see individuals hurting, struggling to choose what they can afford, and/or harried rushing about their day. It seems trouble snowballs in such times, but a word fitly spoken can change the atmosphere with just a word….
Whose Dreams…a Christmas gift of letting go…
This time of year it can be so easy to choose to look past our blessings and fall prey to comparisons, regrets, and if onlys. Christmas and Hanukkah can be such a time of comparisons and it is entirely too easy to focus outward instead of inward. Our daily lives are filled with images of…
December is here
Christmas time has come to Alabama. The towns hanging their banners and lights, people decorating their doors and drives. We live in a small town, homes that range from impoverished to wealthy, but almost all celebrating the birth of Jesus this month, I am thankful that even when households have different belief systems, respect is…