Did you know that spring officially began on March 19th, 2020 and that there is something very special about this year's spring date? It is the earliest star...

My how time flies when the events of the world are spinning around us! We are now in the 4th week of our A Caring Lent series. There are only 21 days until ...

We are now well into the Lent season. Between the Coronavirus, the elections and just plain living, I have found it hard to focus on Lent. Too much is comin...

For Lent 2020 Henrieta and I decided to create the theme - A Caring Lent. We wanted to focus on taking on one small thing each day to help us care for oursel...

Henriet, I and another friend Mary, just led a Saturday morning women's retreat. I enjoy planning and leading retreats because they require a lot of creative...

One of the values that Maryanne and I have put in our mission statement is that we work on connecting people to the communities they are in, whether that is ...

My son is currently studying in Shanghai, China. He picked his graduate program specifically because of the opportunity to live and learn in China. A perfec...

Recently Henrieta and I put a Statement of Faith section on our website. It is vital to us that the statement fits each of our personal beliefs and is also ...

For the last three years, in almost every group I am in and in most events that Henrieta and I attend, it is stated or understood that we avoid talking polit...

Happy New Year! The start of a new year presents us with a clean, new slate and it is a natural time to set new intentions or goals for the coming year. In t...

Last weekend, I had a very interesting conversation with a lady who serves as a Stephen minister at a congregation I was visiting for a Stephen Ministry work...

When I was leaving the health club a few days ago, a mom and her young son were just coming in. The boy was dancing down the hall. When I saw him, I could no...

The weather is changing this week, the cold air is on its way, we are taking out our heavier coats and putting on more layers. The squirrels are hiding their...

“Fear has always seemed to me to be the worst stumbling block which anyone has to face. It is the great crippler. Looking back, it strikes me that my childho...

My friend Betsy was an amazing woman. She enjoyed swimming, opera and cooking. She was extremely funny and intelligent, and had a deep and abiding faith. Bet...

We have all had days when nothing goes right. The type of day where it gets worse as it progresses. Days where you think; “nothing more can go wrong.” Alas,...

A few months ago, I woke up with a terrible pain in my lower back. The type of pain that makes your whole body tense up and makes moving next to impossible. ...

I learned some of the most valuable lessons about how to be present to myself and to others from my cat. We adopted our first cat, Buddy, about 3 years ago. ...

Last week my husband and I helped our daughter pack up and move for her sophomore year in college. This week we were helping my son pack and leave for his fi...