Gracious Living

  Recently I watched in horror as an elderly woman bruised and and tore her thin skin as she desperately tried to  remove a Band-Aid that di...

It has been said that if you listen long enough your patient will tell you what's wrong with them. Listening is a skill that very few of...

Every tub sits on its own bottom; don't let anyone tell you otherwise.  I can remember the first time I heard this and what a weight was...

We are living in what is for most of us very unusual times. While past generations have gone through plagues, pandemics, and poverty, ...

So many people have been laid off as a result of the Coronavirus Shelter in Place orders. A lot of those individuals will not be able to g...

This morning a disturbing bit of news came up on my Facebook feed, disturbing enough to cause me to start prepping my account for del...

Look behind the well groomed lives and painted faces, and you will see shattered dreams and tattered lives. No one dared ever imagine being ...

Without medication, 80% of my waking hours are spent in pain to one degree or another. I say 80% rather than 100% because I recently star...

Family Traditions Most all families have some traditions. Often these focus around holidays. While I was growing up, there was not ...

While most Americans' minds during October are typically filled with thoughts of cooler weather, bonfires, football, and Hallowe...

This used to be a joke, until I actually saw it in my neighborhood this week...people holding signs that sai...

This morning I woke up cranky, unmotivated, and stuck in the downward spiral.  I was reminded that, like it or not, today I HAD to step down...

Those closest to me know that for quite some time I have desired to fully embrace I Thessalonians 4:11-12 by leading a ...

Have you noticed how angry the world has become?  Even yourself; do you find yourself loosing your cool more than you would like? Is our ang...

Everyone who knows me intimately knows that I can be stubborn and whiny.  I would make a wonderful Israelite wandering in the wilderness.  I...

This morning I learned something about myself.....it's not the hot tea that I adore; it's the sugar I dump in it. It's not the b...

I realize that I did not post much in 2015.  Honestly, 2015 was the darkest year of my entire life and I felt as though I had nothing to off...

This morning as I tried to get some extra sleep, my mind began to drift into worries large and small.  I prayed, but still mind kept ret...

The walls of Jerusalem are in ruins.  Who will be strong and with me rebuild? The state of the Church in America is quickly crumbling...

And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of day . ~Gen. 32:24 Jacob had truly wrestled with God all ...