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Engraved on the palm of His Hand. I love this scripture of our closeness to God. Our specialness to our Creator. We use our hands every...

I am a new creation! What an amazing thought for the day. Once we turn our lives over to Christ - we become new again. He takes...

A few years ago I took this picture of my granddaughter looking at this breathtaking stain glass window of Jesus the Good Shepherd. ...

The story of Easter reminds me that the light always defeats the darkness. Jesus rose on the third day. Death couldn't hold him. The...

When I was growing up, I always thought St. Patrick's Day was about our family. Since my last name was Patrick, it just made sense. It...

How to see the world through the eyes of a child.

This was a favorite dinner time prayer when I was a child. I had nearly forgotten about it, when a student mentioned the prayer as...

Sometimes, it is important to come apart from the the crowd, from the busyness of life and get back to your faith. Jesus knew this. Many...

What does peace look like to you? What does it feel like? When I saw this picture of the sunlight on the water, I let out a sigh. There...

It is so easy to get caught up in the events of our day. News headlines blare at us that something awful is about to happen. Someone...

It's so easy to worry. At least for me. That funny noise in the car, a late notice, a doctor appointment. What if? What will happen? How...

Today was a beautiful spring day in my prayer garden. The lovely fresh air sent me drifting through memories of sunny childhood days...

My granddaughter was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum when she was about two. Autism affects how people communicate and interact...

Someone once said that you don’t just casually drift up to the top of a mountain. Meaning: If you want to get something accomplished you...

Manna from Heaven. Gifts from God directly to us. Recently, our manna came in the shape of a tangerine tree. For weeks the shiny green...

I'm in a slump. I've hit the wall. It's that moment when everything I have been doing seems meaningless, or at the very least too much...

Today as I sat in my garden, I found myself thanking God for my many blessings: My family, and house, my work and the cool morning air....

In our modern world we spend so much time busy, looking at the computer or our cell phones that we have forgotten how to really love each...

Love, that beautiful emotion, that feeling that is the stuff of poems and music, and romantic cards. How do we reflect this mysterious...

In our modern world we spend so much time busy, looking at the computer or our cell phones that we have forgotten how to really love each...