A Fresh Start?
Is it possible to have a fresh start? Not to drag old hurts and fears into the new year? The red-wigged clown, Frieda, seemed to be saying that as she sprinkled confetti from a “FRESH START” bottle on the surprised crowd gathered around carolers on a cold winter night. Some people backed away, brushing the […]
What Can I Give?
As the door slammed, I froze, seeing my keys locked inside our Volvo. Which was built like a tank. Safe. Secure. Very hard to unlock, because the mechanism was a sliding bolt down near the handle. And I was standing, stunned, in a French parking lot near Avignon with two teenage visitors whom I hardly […]
The Generosity of God – Jan. 13, 2020
“Like humility, generosity comes from seeing that everything we have and everything we accomplish comes from God’s grace and God’s love for us… Certainly it is from experiencing this generosity of God and the generosity of those in our life that we learn gratitude and to be generous to others.” ―Desmond Tutu, God Has a […]
One Body – Nov. 18, 2020
We, who are many, are one body in Christ,and individually we are members one of another.We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us;prophecy, in proportion to faith; ministry, in ministering;the teacher, in teaching; the exhorter, in exhortation;the giver in generosity; the leader, in diligence;the compassionate, in cheerfulness.(Romans 12:5-8)
