Tag Archives: Healing

Giving up something that threatens our health, whether physically or spiritually, can feel like giving up a limb. We can become that attached even to the unhealthy.  But giving up those things that affect our spiritual health can be the difference between life and death. In the late 1700’s and ...

In one way or another , we all are hurting. Just because your hurt is not the same as your neighbor’s doesn’t mean you are not. So many times we are hurting but we hide it by staying busy, make-up, smiling faces or whatever it may be to keep it hid. ...

The thank you note seems to be a lost art in today’s busy society, but it was once considered the only appropriate response to acknowledge a kindness. During the 19th century, even the receipt of a letter to update one on your family’s well-being or recent travels was reciprocated with ...

Nehemiah 8 & 9 The professor was teaching from the book of Nehemiah. I had been reading ahead of him because he was boring me. He was expounding on the facts of who wrote the book; when was it written; why was it written – facts, facts, facts. I was ...

I have some vivid memories of our old house: making blanket forts over the dining room table and hiding underneath, playing with my mother’s costume jewelry in my parents’ bedroom when I should have been  napping, and the Christmas season when Santa visited and left a small china cup on ...