My mother always told me to learn a new hymn each week on the piano. To read a chapter a day in the Bible. To eat fruits, nuts, grains, and greens every day for my health. To put first things first. To tackle life’s greater challenges in small chunks. To take long journeys in small…
This day in 1944 was the beginning of the end of a war. This day three years ago was the beginning of the end of a war I didn’t even know I was already fighting. The beginning of a year that would take me through the highest highs and the deepest, most excruciating lows. Today…
When I first became a mother, I was thrilled to be everything to my children—comforter, protector, friend, food source. Today, I’m thankful for the people who are a thousand things to them that I can never be. I’m most thankful for what they’ve become to each other.
Christianity is an experiential, hands-on religion. It’s an earthly glimpse into eternal loyalty. In loving those nearest, and sometimes those “least deserving,” you come to know what it means to love Him. Not the other way around. To “keep your eyes on Jesus” means to keep your eyes on, deeply caring for, and unselfishly serving…
It is one of life’s great mysteries that people miraculously change, gain greater wisdom, redirect formerly misguided efforts, and exhibit new levels of courage. Conversely, it is one of life’s great tragedies that we set up their former selves as standards, clinging to the old and rejecting the new, forcing new wine into old wine…
Courage rarely roars.
Diversity is less of an issue than lack of human empathy and caring in general. A respectful and caring person will respect and care for everyone.
Fragmentary Life 