The PB&J Sandwich
While walking the dogs I ran into a neighbor who had recently brought her mother to live with her. I asked her how she was doing. Between homeschooling her ten year old and caring for
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Ignore or Explore?
Why was I more freaked out over having a biopsy of a blemish on my scalp than I was over my lumpectomy, or my coronary artery bypass? It had been a few years since I
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A Chance Encounter
It was a chance encounter. I had brought my friend to the outpatient surgical center for a procedure. While in the waiting room a young man sat in the chair next to me. He had
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Setting Priorities
Patrick Morley has done it again, He condenses all of life’s infinite decisions and distractions to a simple idea. This is a good question for all of us to ponder and to set our priorities.
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Gleaning a Mary Spirit Amidst a Martha Heart
Luke 10:38-42The Message (MSG) Mary and Martha As they continued their travel, Jesus entered a village. A woman by the name of Martha welcomed him and made him feel quite at home. She had a
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When We Serve, We Become Served
So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you
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Define Success
Most of you reading this know that I have written a book which I am trying to publish. It’s been a nine year birthing process and like a mother-to-be in her final trimester; I am
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The “Sling Season”
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NRSV) This past week Thad was given the go-ahead to stop wearing the “Transformer” Shoulder Sling! After six weeks
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Use It or Lose It
I often quip that Thad and I need to remain a team because it takes two of us to make one fully functioning brain. We will enter a room and can’t remember why we went
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“If You Can Laugh at It – You Can Deal With It” – Joan Rivers
Within the last month the world has lost two great comedians – Robbin Williams and Joan Rivers. This means we are going to have to work twice as hard to keep laughter in our lives
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A Humorous Look at Aging
http://youtu.be/LR2qZ0A8vic Published on May 30, 2014 Part Two Senior Conference On Aging. Held at the First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena. Keynote Speaker Fritz Coleman NBC4’s weathercaster is a Southern California broadcasting icon.
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Two Schools of Thought
There are two schools of thought when it comes to responding to friends and family going through a medical morass or the loss of a loved one. The first is to wait for time to
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