Even with the hope of moving from stay-at-home to safe-at-home every one of us has been rocked by unimaginable and rapid changes in our normal routines during this COVID crisis. Long before the pandemic was on our horizon my youngest wrote a presentation on peace. Her presentation is written in a thematic religious reading format. In this format, the speaker practices weaving together scripture with her choice of literature to write a speech on a…
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Are you experiencing the shift in how we live and connect? Here is some of what happened in a 24-hour timeframe during my stay at home. Sign 1 – Important life events disrupted – It was my second wedding to attend on FB live. The first wedding were friends we met in a church small group this past summer. Their May wedding plans were canceled so they opted to get married in March in a…
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It’s been an upsetting, unsettling, chaotic and noisy week. Predictions are that it’s not letting up soon. Depending on what you pay attention to it can throw your next minute, next hour, even your next days for a loop. It’s hard to turn away from the news and know what to focus on. If your regular programming has been upended and it has here is my strongest counsel for you. Develop and keep a morning…
Leave a CommentSweat beads glistening, Cold, breath sucking, skin tingling Plunge in the pool!–Water Haiku I love the water! Just anticipating diving in causes my breathing to change. I grew up near the water, on the water and I’ve spent so much time in the water. In high school, I worked at the local pool life-guarding and teaching swimming. I spent almost eight years of my life working out in the pool year-round in the early mornings and…
5 CommentsAt funerals we celebrate what people gave away rather than what they kept for themselves. Andy Stanley This past weekend, we gathered to honor Gary’s Dad’s life. A life that seems to be at once so ordinary and yet not so. Bill and Charlotte grew up together all through their primary and secondary school years. He went off to the Navy and as soon as she finished teacher’s college they married. Thus began the moves,…
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