Category: Spirituality

Recently I heard Discernment used while a news commentator and their guest speaker noted that many people may not know the meaning. Oxford Language Dictionary: (Similar = Enlightenment / Sensitivity / Insight) The ability to judge/discriminate/perceive well. (in a Christian…

At the end of my last blog post, I mentioned that in the midst of writing about my isolation, an extra-mile friend called and asked to pay me a visit that had been meaningful to both of us. It was…

Mid-May I received notice that my blog site is up for renewal toward the end of June. I wondered if it was worth continuing. There are many reasons to quit. But the reason to quit that haunts me most is…

January 4, 1920 – March 17, 2024 Betts at 100 … January 4, 2020 … Here she is preparing to entertain the guests at her birthday party by singing “Brush Up On Shakespeare” and reciting from memory a Shakespearean Sonnet. The…

As I write, International Women’s Day draws to a close. Women’s History Month has barely just begun. Invisible Women Historical Fiction is one of my favorite genres. I recently finished listening to Kristin Hannah’s new book, The Women … a…

Because the news is meant to alert us to dangers, we get a pretty consistent diet of disturbing and scary news these days. Depression, knots in the pit of your stomach, fatigue, feeling powerless, and PTSD can result. Here’s my…

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson So begins the book I recently found mentioned in a New York Times article. Written by Laurie Helgoe,…

Rosa Park refused to move to the back of the bus. She hoped others would follow her example. And WOW, did they!! She made good trouble! The black community boycotted the buses for 381 days (12/5/55 to 12/20/56). They walked…

Sacred Ground This six-acre Memorial for Peace and Justice is definitely sacred ground … a sacred space for truth-telling and reflection about racial terror in America and its legacy. Whenever possible, names among the 4,400+ African American men, women, and…

Wisdom On our walk to the Ravello restaurant the previous evening, we saw this Maya Angelou quote on the side of a building. The next morning as we approached the Legacy Museum, we found this same quote on the back…