I wish I had no regrets as I look back over the past year. I wouldn’t be surprised if we all do. It’s easy to have misplaced hope in this world. Let’s let go of the regrets and place our hope in Jesus, and run with endurance the race that lies before us as we end this year and for every day that is ahead.
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Hanging On When Our Hope is Challenged
My Facebook feed is full of comments about 2020 versus 2021. From humorous and sarcastic to poignant and longing, there is a common theme: no one really enjoyed 2020 and all of us long for life to get back to normal in 2021. Conversely, deep down inside, we all know that the new normal will […]
Ambivalent Joy… Getting through the Holidays
What kind of a title is that? I suppose it actually expresses quite well my gut feelings when it comes to the Christmas and New Year holidays. But the more I think about it, I wonder if you too meet this season with a certain ambivalence at times. Now don’t get me wrong… we have […]
Joyful New Year to You
I am at that in between spot on the globe where I celebrate 2017 after and before others, kind of like the today squished between yesterday and tomorrow—or the calm before the storm. It has been an amazing year. I have no idea what is ahead, but I am thankful for all that has been. I’ve […]
Murmuration of Praise
A few days ago, on the way home from work, what should have taken 20 minutes took me an hour. I had become absorbed watching, and photographing, a murmuration of starlings. Murmuration is a new word for me, but I already am in love with it. In its most simplistic meaning it is simply a […]
