Waiting in Joyful Hope

This week, we are privileged to have Jocelyn Collen be our guest blogger with an Advent Reflection. This Advent, more than ever before, I am being invited to wait. I have felt that my entire life thus far is about WAITING. We wait for Christmas break, we wait for summer vacation, we wait in traffic,…

Index Card Cure™: a work in progress

We are in the midst of Advent, the start of the Christian liturgical year. The four Sundays of Advent symbolize hope, faith, joy and peace. Even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, we can all use the reminder of these Advent messages. Don’t we all need more peace or joy, especially as we head into the…

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

Fulfilling our basic human desire for unconditional love is why most people get dogs!  No matter what stress or hardship happened during the day, coming home to a living being that is just beside himself with joy at my arrival can’t help but lift my spirits.  Of course, my dog sometimes is too busy to…

What do you stand for?

There is physical courage, like a firefighter rescuing a person from a burning building or a soldier jumping on a grenade to save comrades. We applaud these selfless actions and sometimes express our gratitude and admiration with awards. There are others who act based on their convictions, who are sometimes recognized for their audacity to buck…