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Eliminating Excuses
Eliminating Excuses – January 1 It’s January first and many people are launching new diets on this day—reforming from the holidays and starting anew. I don’t diet anymore but I do adhere (part of the time) to the Weight Watcher eating program. I am…
The People In My House
The People in My House I live alone—and yet, all around me there are people. Each time I use the bejeweled tea bag squeezer, I think of Cathie who gave it to me. At first I didn’t even know whether I would use it….
On the Brink of Lent
On the Brink of Lent This year I have made multiple plans for Lent and am now excited that Ash Wednesday is just around the corner. Years ago when my children were young, I wrote an activity for every day of Lent for us…
Gain Some–Lose Some
Gain Some——Lose Some I’m reminded of the quote by Erma Bombeck: I’ve been on a constant diet for the last two decades. I’ve lost a total of 789 pounds. By all accounts, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet. I happened in 2014…
Long-Term Program–Join Me
Long-Term Program—Join Me I’m starting a five-year program today. I woke up this morning thinking—you can do it—you just need to do it longer than a day, or a month, or until it collapses. Stay with it for five years! I have to tell…
New Year Prayer and Resolution
377. New Year Prayer and Resolution I came across the other day those lines that were used in the musical “Godspell” but that really dated back to the 1200’s. You’ll recognize them in the prayer of Saint Richard of Chichester (1197 to 1253). Thanks…
Hymn of Thanks Giving
Here’s a hymn I wrote recently to a familiar tune. Try singing it on this day before Thanksgiving. It’s the only hymn I know of with the word “chocolate” in it. Yeah! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day! — Song of Thanks Giving Tune: Joyful,…
Rock-a-Roo Chair
I was going through some old memories I have typed and found this poem. It is long but captures that time in 1990 when I was engaged in full days of grandchild day-care and loving it. Reading the poem again brought back to me…
New Hymn
373. New Hymn Last April I posted a recommendation for the book, “Just Jesus” by Walter Wink. Not long after I finished that book I wrote the following hymn, but I’m just getting around five months later to post it. Anyway, I’m back now….
“Just Jesus” by Walter Wink
Just Jesus – by Walter Wink The book I’m most recently talking about is Just Jesus—My Struggle To Become Human by Walter Wink. I knew Walter Wink and his wife June Keener-Wink and in fact did a five-day workshop with both of them in…
New Release!!
Daybook of Personal Faith
Mama and Me
