Category Archives: Thoughts

The phone rings.  It’s my mom so I answer, “Hello.”. Mom says, “Hi, I needed to let you know Ralph called.”. I know there was silence on the phone that seemed like an hour but couldn’t have been more than a few seconds. I’m now 56 and I hadn’t seen my father for 50 years. Continue reading “He wasn’t even a thought”

“The aching may remain, but the breaking does not”.  This is a verse in a song by Andrew Peterson called “The Silence of God”.  He wrote this song after a retreat he had with God at the Abbey of Gethsemani.  I find it to be an extremely gratifying phrase. I, too, am spending some timeContinue reading “My time at the Abbey of Gethsemani”

What is your word for the year? For several years now I have chosen a word for the year. In choosing I would ask God to show me what that word should be according to what His plans for me were.  Just a little glimpse into what was ahead. I never had to put muchContinue reading “Discover Purpose”

An impromptu note for you today! Find Joy in your day. What have you experienced in your life that He can use you through?

How do you plan on getting to your Growth Zone? Most of us live in our Comfort Zone. We may make a decent living. We may have all the things we need and most of what we want. We may even look like we have it all. But do we really? Do you feel discontent?Continue reading “Ready for the Growth Zone?”

If you love beautiful things, then this bible is the one for you. It’s simply pretty, with nice muted colors and beautifully scripted print. This bible was created for you in mind. And laid out in a way that you can focus your year on God’s word and the virtues of faith, hope and love.Continue reading “Radiant Virtues Bible”

Where is hope on your day to day scale? Where do you find it? Where to begin? Instead of starting at the beginning, how about starting at the end. The end of the bible that is.  Revelation 21:4 “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shallContinue reading “H.O.P.E.”