Category: God
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Poem Published on Spillwords Press
I just returned to NY from traveling and was a day late coming home, not checking my Gmail while away. I was thrilled and truly thankful that a poem I submitted on May 2nd was published on May 9th. I am sincerely grateful to Dagmara K. for selecting my poem…
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Lent: How Fasting Changed for me
Folklore claims that I was baptized Catholic as an infant. Subsequently, I was unchurched until the age of thirteen. At that juncture, my mother decided we would attend the church of her childhood: the Greek Orthodox Church. My Papou (maternal grandfather) arrived here from Greece, while my YiaYia (maternal grandmother)…
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🎄Merry Christmas!🎄
I’m very thankful for the enjoyable and thoughtful conversations we have had via posts and comments this year. Most of us lead full lives and I appreciate the time you have shared with me. I’ll be back in January and wish each of you a truly blessed and Merry Christmas!…
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Christmas Shopping With a Paper Check?!
I can’t recall why my husband and I were discussing shopping via the Sears and JCPenney Christmas catalogs back in the “1990’s”, but we were – in front of our 27-year young daughter. If you are under 45 years old, you may not know what these thick Christmas books looked…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
“Let us come before him with thanksgiving!” Psalm 95:2 NIV I wish you and your beloveds the Happiest of Thanksgivings!
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Silent Sunday-Intentional Quiet
“Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands…” 1 Thessalonians 4:11 When I think of silence, gentle candle flickers come to mind. Soft lighting in a dim room. Steady fairy lights. The first snowflakes serenely falling from a moonlit sky.…
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Thankful Thursday-Philippians
“Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.” Philippians 4:6
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Silent Stillness is Counter-Cultural
“The Lord will fight for you while you [only need to] keep silent and remain calm.” Exodus 14:14 Amplified “Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 This scripture was pressed in black vinyl above my office door for years. In the midst of grading endless papers, writing curriculum, managing kids’ schedules…
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Thankful Thursday – 1 Corinthians
“…but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory [as conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:57 AMP
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Silence Whether I Wanted it or Not
“…..You can be saved by returning to me. You can have rest. You can be strong by being quiet and by trusting me….” Isaiah 30:15 GWT “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength…” Isaiah 30:15 NIV The weeks leading up to our London trip, I warned…
Tales from a Mid-Lifer 