Posts tagged “Worry”
Don’t waste your worry
A friend clued me in to using stickers on my fingernails. Nail polish is not an option for me, since as a nursing assistant…
Rockin’ to the oldies
My apologies to any of you who don’t have oldies yet. You will. I think often of my former students who are trapped in…
Control is fleeting, but GOD is forever
I learned from a local doctor how common it is for teenage girls to cut themselves. Self-harm might seem like odd behavior, but the…
Everything is fleeting, but GOD is forever
For 157 straight Sundays, I wore the same blue, checkered, button-up shirt to church. I’m not exaggerating. A creature of habit I must be,…
Every day—you are blessed
“You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. With your help I can advance against a troop; with my…
The beauty on the other side of pain
One of my dearest friends is a potter. She wasn’t always. In truth, it’s what she turned to after a grueling season of chemo…
Stop looking for a savior
Elon Musk just bought Twitter. Some are decrying this development because they don’t like a billionaire having so much control over this app. Others…
#beautiful
When I look in the mirror, I see what lots of 40-somethings presumably see: sags and wrinkles and thinning hair. You older folks are…
Easter is about/for real events
The most frequently used words in John’s account of Easter morning are . . . “saw” or “looked” (John 20:1-20). Mary saw the stone…
In a world of conspiracies, how do you find the truth?
The Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma was prophetic. Granted it is ironic that Netflix produced a movie that bashed addictive media that removes people…
How to Worship When War Hits Home: An end to pain
Soon after his high school graduation, my father joined the U.S. Marines and did two tours in the jungles of Vietnam. To this day,…
Hold on to the reality of hope
The war in Ukraine adds one more item on our two-year list of collective crises. There is no need for me to rehash all…