by Carole Duff | Jun 20, 2022 | Faith |
The congregation probably has a pretty good guess about what I’m going to say, I thought. I was walking to the lectern to deliver the Mission Minute at the end of worship service yesterday. Silently, I prayed to the Spirit then spoke. ### After my two sisters and I...
by Carole Duff | Jun 13, 2022 | Faith |
Stir your mind I stir in bed at the first light of dawn. After kissing Keith good morning, I head to a loft and turn on the coffee. My mind needs to stir, to awaken. This was Peter’s intent in his second letter, according to Minister Gloria Curry’s reflection:...
by Carole Duff | Jun 6, 2022 | Faith, Nature |
I wasn’t thinking about danger. Walking in the woods, I talked with Heidi about the landscape project Keith and I wanted the company Heidi works for to create: another trail, connecting the ravine path to the steps behind the dining deck. I took the lead up the...
by Carole Duff | May 30, 2022 | Faith |
Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise. Jeremiah 17:14 Heal our bodies Saturday morning, after copying scripture from various reflections I read each day, I wrote my “ACTS:” Adoration & Praise, Confession,...
by Carole Duff | May 23, 2022 | Family |
The Second Stage of Life It’s 1994, and I am in the thick of the second stage of life, a householder earning a living and raising children. Though I make mistakes as a parent, I make sure my children have their basic needs: security and survival, esteem and affection....
by Carole Duff | May 16, 2022 | Faith, Nature |
Vision is a thing (image, idea) seen and the sense (sight) by which a thing is seen. Vision of the Prayer of Jabez After studying and journaling about The Lord’s Prayer, our small group tackled The Prayer of Jabez in 1 Chronicles 4, the basis for the Prosperity Gospel...
