We are challenged in this time to take care of ourselves and our families as we “shelter in place.” We’re spending more time at home and trying to manage our grocery shopping on fewer trips. Truth is, being of a … Continue reading →
We have time on our hands now, of a different kind. Parents have their children at home, so maybe they don’t have so much. On the other hand the school children have quite a bit. We’re not driving around from … Continue reading →
Today marks 50 years of celebrating Earth Day. From space.com you can read where it started and about a challenge this year to build a planet with Lego. Fifty years after an astronaut’s photo of our home planet gave rise … Continue reading →
Only a few days ago I was in touch with best-selling author and speaker Nina Spencer after reading an article she recently sent out again. “Lessons from the Freeway and Beyond: Making Space for Grace” seemed fitting for the … Continue reading →
Income tax papers submitted, inventory counted, and a client’s work well on the way, I finally had time to read Nina Spencer’s well written article, “Lessons From the Freeway and Beyond: Making Space for Grace.” It seemed so fitting that … Continue reading →
I’ve been out for solitary walks, minding the social distance. I see the occasional couple walking together, a parent and child or an adult walking a dog. We all still need exercise in some way. I hear birds singing, … Continue reading →
Friends and I have been talking on social media about the social distancing. A fellow storyteller, John, came up with a better term, physical distancing. I replied that the people who invented the term “social distancing” should have hired … Continue reading →
Just over a week ago, friends through Toastmasters gathered at my home, by invitation, for a craft afternoon. We’d talked about it at our Christmas gathering, set a date and now here we were, ready for it. We’d also discussed, … Continue reading →
When the snow begins to melt and the temperature edges into a bit milder state, I begin to dream of spring, of taking down winter wreaths and eventually putting away winter coats and boots. But it’s alternately cold and wintry … Continue reading →
February is Black History month. Members of the former Maranatha congregation have joined Mount Zion Lutheran Church in Waterloo. That church hosted the celebration this year. Maranatha Lutheran, a small Lutheran Caribbean mission congregation, once shared our building so I … Continue reading →
