And You Thought Your Drunk Uncle Was Bad!

She’s back! Chrissy G. Justchrissythatsall. I mean…I just stepped outside for a minute and she crashed the Thanksgiving party through the back door! There she sat, banging the table with fork in hand, chanting, “I WANT TURKEY. I WANT TURKEY. I WANT TURKEY.” Two of my guests, Crouble and Marley, were so scared they hid under the table! At least Chrissy was dressed nicely, and sporting lovely Mardi Gras beads. However another guest soon discovered she had taken his special...

You Are Blessed on Your Way…

I’m captivated by ideas about life being a journey.  I contemplate references in writings to mothers.  I gravitate toward recognition of commonality of human thoughts and experiences with the Creator. __________ In recent readings I was reminded of a hymn, “Now Thank We All Our God.” It has been ages since I’ve thought of this one, having learned it at one point in high school choir. As I found a good version to listen again, I contemplated one of the...

Violent Words

I woke up this morning to find this article when I checked for an update on the tragic deaths of (presumably some or many being children since I read last night that 12 adults and 13 pediatric cases were transported, at that point) were now at five from last night’s rampage upon people by a fast-moving red SUV during a Christmas parade in Waunesha, Wisconsin. I now saw another headline this morning…five dead and forty injured… I learned – among...

Timeless Distilled Theology

Today in the late afternoon after being indoors focusing on mentally draining tasks and absorbed in backburner melancholies of sorts, I just had to get outside for my daily dose of that which is good for my soul. With so many outdoor tasks calling to me in the autumn as preparations for winter hasten, I found myself gravitating toward going into my small back pasture area to continue picking up black walnuts and shagbark hickories. I suppose my older son’s...