The memory of my suffering and homelessness is bitterness and poison. I can’t help but remember and am depressed. I call all...
This week in our reading from David Brooks’ The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, we read about...
Transcript In 1935, Chester Carlson was a young New York lawyer. He grew impatient with the time it took to copy legal documents. Three years later, he completed a prototype machine to do...
I remember the first time I met Dave. He had a simple job making minimum wage, but he was about to make a lasting impression on me. Navigating my car down the tight...
Search for the LORD and for his strength; continually seek him. Psalm 105:4 Psalm 105 calls God’s people to give him thanks and praise in response to his “wonders” (105:5). The bulk of...
In yesterday’s reflection on Lamentations 3, I asked, “What enables us to keep on trusting in God’s faithful love when our lives...
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 Stories help us make sense of the world. True stories told by our elderly...
I can hear my husband on the phone with his mom in the other room, and from the conversation fragments I overhear, I know I’ll be squeezing in a trip to the grocery...
I found the letter the other day on the top shelf of the closet, where all the forgotten things go. It was the only letter my father-in-law ever wrote to me. His stationery...
I was festering one day over a work situation which I had instinctively interpreted as a zero sum game. By that, I mean there were two players and only two potential outcomes: a...
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The following excerpt by Craig Goodwin adds a humorous Sabbath component to our Friday conversations about personal finance. ...
Her adversaries have become rulers; her enemies relax. Certainly the LORD caused her grief because of her many wrong acts. Her children...
Her adversaries have become rulers; her enemies relax. Certainly the LORD caused her grief because of her many wrong acts. Her children have gone away, captive before the enemy. (CEB) Lamentations 1:5 In...
The very night I finished radiation, I joined a gym. It was on my list, right before, "Get Pizza for Dinner."
The following article by David K. Wheeler begins four Fridays of conversation on the topic of personal finance. In brief, we'll address book-buying, cutting back, giving more, and money in marriage. ----- One...
Judah was exiled after suffering and hard service. She lives among the nations; she finds no rest. All who were chasing her caught her —right in the middle of her distress. (CEB) Lamentations...
Oh, no! She sits alone, the city that was once full of people. Once great among nations, she has become like a...
