Coming Soon/Almost Here!!!!!! The Cover for Dipping Your Toes, Too is ready. My book designer, Sue Reynolds, and I spent quite some time deciding on a cover for Dipping Your Toes, Too. I dreamed of having many ethnic origins represented. I dreamed of a picture of happy people using my resource. I dreamed of… Of…
Image by Steve Haselden from Pixabay At the end of January, I completed the first draft of my eleventh book, (my second worship resource), Dipping Your Toes, Too. The manuscript is filled with stories, mostly small and personal, that connect the Bible to my life. My hope is that they will do the…
Dipping Your Toes, Too Dipping Your Toes, Too I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEM ENT! IT IS FINISHED!!!!! The manuscript for Dipping Your Toes, Too is completed and sent in to the graphic designer, Sue Reynolds. It’s been a long process. Forty-six full services – Call to Worship, Candle lighting, prayers, scripture, hymns, reflection,…
Image by John Hain from Pixabay I finished 2024 with a column about Hope. My topic for this column, January 2025, is humility, the foundation stone of Hope. For the last month I’ve been reflecting on the thoughts of Canadian First Nations author, Richard Wagamese in his book, “One Drum: Stories and Ceremonies for a Planet.” Richard begins…
Dipping Your Toes, Too Image by Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay Good morning to everyone, It’s been a long time, nearly three weeks, since I last posted a blog, but not because I’ve been sick. Instead, I’ve been working – and full time, although not formally. I’ve been working on my new worship resource, titled…
oday, I’m thinking about our lives as examples for others. Most of us don’t feel worthy of being examples. Most of us see only our own mistakes. Whether or not we are aware of it, in reality, we are examples for others. One recent Saturday morning, our friends, Ian and Sandi, invited us over. “Could you…
Photo by Rajiv Perera on Unsplash A letter from God? I think so. Sometimes we question why we go to church. After all, most of the world seems to think we’re wasting our time. In the craziness of today’s world Sunday still offers the idea of rest and it seems like that’s the only “day off”…
A New Name, Please Image by Michal Jarmoluk from Pixabay Often, when we go to a gathering, we receive a blank sticky label on which we write our name. Perhaps that label already has our name on it. Nametags make it easier for people, those organizing and those participating. Remembering a whole lot of new names at once…