A New Version of the Serenity Prayer
Last week I shared the words and the origin of the famous Serenity Prayer. This week I am sharing another Serenity Prayer that I received...
The Serenity Prayer
When my Junior High homeroom teacher, Mrs. Moore, came into the classroom in the morning she always took a few moments and read something...
First Jobs
There was an article in Parade Magazine this past Sunday that started me thinking. The question was posed, "What was your first job?" I...
A Time and a Season
It's Too Darnn Hot! That is a song by Cole Porter from the musical, Kiss Me Kate. That song title says it all for me. My brother-in-law,...
All God's Children
It was fun to have Dmitri and Maria participate in the worship service last Sunday. It was so hard for me not to reach out and hug them!...
Youthful Focus This Sunday
June has been a month of Sundays and maybe the best is yet to be! You say, June always has Sundays. Yes, but this month has been one for...
Spiritual Well-Being
How's your health? Taking prescriptions for a condition? Doing therapy for an injury? Taking supplements to help ease discomfort or pain?...
Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace
No, it is not. This well-known prayer cannot be found in any of the saint's writings. Nevertheless, it is a poem that especially calls us...
My Friend Monica
We have all been inundated with scenes of horror this past week. Human tragedy and senseless greed, two things that should never go...
Fifty Days After Easter
I have been looking for ideas to make our Pentecost celebration special. I found an old reference book that had these suggested symbols:...