The truth of the country’s beginning, its history, and present state is being erased, banned, rewritten and ignored. For this reason, I wanted to focus on words – names, cities, declarations. I wanted to share what’s already been said, what’s already known, seen and acknowledged. This year’s Juneteenth Series is about honoring and remembering not only our collective past but also our shared present.
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Reflection Friday: What Faith Is by Frederick K.C. Price
Even having had this pivotal emotional and spiritual experience, reading the Bible was difficult for me.
Reflection: What do you need to rebound from?
Rebounding from a physical and emotional low has its advantages
Reflection Friday: Do you practice self-reflection?
How did you take care of yourself in 2022? What character trait(s) did you rely on or practice the most in 2022?
Marriage & Relationship: Dorina’s Testimony & Baptism
For those who followed the Marriage & Relationship Series, you’ll remember my friend Dorina. She joined the #Zoom discussions from Madrid, Spain where she’s been living for the last few years. The discussions did not focus on our personal relationships by design. However, in this recorded YouTube livestream, she shares some of her story beforeContinueContinue reading “Marriage & Relationship: Dorina’s Testimony & Baptism”
All Is Meaningless (ACAD: Ecclesiastes 10)
Alas for you, O land, when your king is a servant, and your princes feast in the morning! Happy are you, O land, when your king is a nobleman, and your princes feast at the proper time— for strength, and not for drunkenness!
All Is Meaningless (ACAD: Ecclesiastes 1)
The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What do people gain from all the toil at which they toil under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises andContinueContinue reading “All Is Meaningless (ACAD: Ecclesiastes 1)”
reFocus: August 2014
I want to get back to feeding myself spiritually. I want to get back to overflowing joy and sharing my bounty through my writing. So my challenge to myself for the month of August 2014, is to post a chapter a day. To share with you whatever God leads me to in my musings.
The people asked for a king: Selling ourselves
Today’s king is celebrity culture. Many are voluntarily enslaved to it. The pervasive idea is: You’re no one unless a lot of people know you and want to be like you. People worship at the altar of images. {Follow the link to read the full article.}
Seven-year itch: Where did my zeal go?
Where’s the community that actually reaches out within itself? To the Believers who are still hurt or newly hurt? To the Believers who need more than words, who need to be shown how loved they are? Need to know how much they matter in the chain of events that surround their life. Where’s that community that focuses on itself, embraces itself and then radiates itself to surrounding communities? {Follow the link to read the full post.}