TAKING NOTES I jot down notes all of the time. Later, I assemble sticky notes, toss the ones that don’t make sense, and see if anything might be useful to encourage you and me. I wrote, ‘Life is a sailboat – not a speedboat.’ Today it may not feel true as I plan on what…

FAILED CATHOLIC? I have been using this phrase lately. I did not invent it but also don’t hear it much. For me, it describes some wonderful people I know who visited “religion” during their childhood but don’t think it is important to follow Jesus to the ‘T’. I think we can use the same idea…

SCREWTAPE Lately, I have seen many references to the Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis. In 1963, at age 64, he died. Among other accomplishments, Lewis wrote  37 books. How did he know all of this in 1941. A site listed 179 best quotes from the book. Here are my choices. “She’s the type of woman who…

Today I attended a bible study in First Peter and Pastor Jeff, CHCC, provided inspiration from the book. I am not writing about that but the things I segwayed. Firstly – there was wonderful worship on keyboard and over 200 voices uniting. The worship person mentioned that God is so holy. I have always pictured…

It has been over a year and I’m looking at the last two weeks study notes. I’m afraid that I have covered this material before. I have two markers in my study notes so skip if this sounds familiar! My next YWAM entry will cover December 2022. If I wanted to convey what the sessions…

Even a broken clock has the correct time twice a day. That line was on tv this week and always makes me laugh. It applies to my walk this morning. I went a measly two miles but that is good for someone who is not as engaged with healthy habits as I want to be….

This was not the armchair you might picture. There was a bright light overhead and a drill to the side. It was either a torture chair or a dentist’s chair. It was a later, and I was getting my teeth cleaned. It feels so good afterwards but I’m famous for feeling nauseous after the event….

A friend is praying for her sister who has fallen on deadly habits. She can’t stop. I crave chocolate every afternoon near 2-ish. I guess you could call it addiction. The verse she is praying for her loved one is Jer 32:27, “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh (mankind); is anything…

I meant to read Psalms but I flipped too far and read Proverbs 8. It is a long chapter. I returned to Psalm 8 – not as long. What was interesting in the Proverbs passage, discussing wisdom, is the pronouns. Wisdom is personified as she. In a lifetime of feminist teachings I chuckled and thought…

I’m not sure who said this but I think it was a friend recovering from a stroke. It is impossible to avoid everything but in a healing season one must pare down. I compare this process to a final move. My neighbor’s garage is filled with her mother’s precious things. She had been in a…