Do you ever let a mistake weigh you down? Do you allow it to discourage you so much that you don’t move forward? Even if your mistake feels like its larger than life to you, it probably didn’t take place in front of millions of people with no way to…
Waiting is hard! And we need to wait in many areas of our lives. “Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting.” – Author Unknown Some of the normal, mundane waits involve traffic lights, check-out lines and doctor’s offices. These we do often, the waits are relatively short –…
How are you … now that Christmas day is over? Was it what you thought it would be? Better? Worse? If it was worse and/or life isn’t what you thought it would be – don’t give up. Never give up! For the majority of the world, the season of…
Hope. Hope? My hope is in the creator – the creator of the world and of you and me. There’s many mysteries I don’t have answers to (and to my surprise the list of mysteries and questions is increasing instead of decreasing) but I still have hope. Without hope, it’s…
Without hope, it’s almost impossible to keep going on this roller-coaster of life. Many days, I’ve lived on the thought that, “Tomorrow will be better than today” – that’s hope. Hope in something I don’t see, but I believe in.I recently read these thoughts about hope. In Erma Bombeck’s book…
A morning like this has the potential to cure many ills, especially of the mind and spirit. Hopewell Lake is in French Creek State Park – this morning I watched the sun come up here. (a privilege owed to taking a son to work nearby at 5:30AM) Walking at the…
I walk slowly along the edge of the Chesapeake Bay when the tide and my energy level are at their lowest. The desire to spend a day seeking God led to the decision to fast lunch and spend a few hours in quiet reflection. Now at three in the afternoon,…
iHope is …one woman telling her storyin a setting of creative beautywith ongoing connections with otherwomen that are walking on a similar path. “Guide me in your truth and teach me, God … my hope is in you all day long.”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tuesday, October 23rd at 7pm The Gathering Place at Hopewell…
