There's a little black spot on the sun today, that's my soul up there It's the same old thing as yesterday, that's my soul up there There's a black hat caught in a high tree top, that's my soul up there There's a flag pole rag and the wind won't ... Read More about Who wants to be the “King of Pain”?
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How to Fill the Empty Seat at the Thanksgiving Table
When tragedy strikes, it becomes a line of demarcation. Like the rings in the trunk of a tree, each misfortune leaves a permanent mark on our souls. There is "before" and "after." Time marches to a different cadence in the Land of After. The calendar ... Read More about How to Fill the Empty Seat at the Thanksgiving Table
If we could peek into the heart of God, what would we find?
Does life sometimes come at you all at once? Have you experienced life at that breakneck pace that steals your focus? Where you are mesmerized by the dizzying spin of life's compass? Not even two months after we had lost our seventeen-year-old ... Read More about If we could peek into the heart of God, what would we find?
When you’ve lost so much – how do you manage to be grateful?
My daddy was an ironic mash-up of 70’s flower child and Sicilian Catholic. In the 70’s and 80’s he had an annoying habit of preaching the gospel of “PMA.” For those of you who might have been subjected to this particular brand of torture in your own ... Read More about When you’ve lost so much – how do you manage to be grateful?
Never Underestimate the Power of Prayer
My heart is breaking this morning to see some of the Social Media comments ridiculing prayer. I know first hand the discordant emotions of simultaneously not having prayers answered (those fervent prayers between a call informing me of Brooke's ... Read More about Never Underestimate the Power of Prayer
Why “Dances with a Limp?”
You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken. And the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken ... Read More about Why “Dances with a Limp?”