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...
by Carole Duff | May 9, 2022 | Faith, Family, Local or Human Interest, Nature |
Both sustenance and fear on Friday night Thunder and lightning accompanied the rain, beating against the windows here at Vanaprastha. I’d prayed for rain to sustain the newly-sprouted and newly-planted vegetation. Prayer answered? Though quite deaf in her old...
by Carole Duff | May 2, 2022 | Faith, Family |
Fast, as an adjective I am a fast horse, galloping across the field in front of our house, or a bear, loping through woods, or a bird, leaping off the living room sofa into my father’s arms. I want to fly, too, and often do, climbing the highest trees and swaying...
by Carole Duff | Apr 25, 2022 | Faith, Family |
“I need to stay in touch with my friends,” my student said tearfully. Maggie [name changed] was a senior in the parochial high school where I taught, a good student, and one of our top STARs—Student Technology Advisers—who assisted at the Help Desk and...
by Carole Duff | Apr 18, 2022 | Faith |
I could not deny it. I had gossiped about someone to a friend. Lying in bed that night, I thought about the incident and rationalized: the circumstances, what I said, and to whom probably won’t matter. But continuing to deny the undeniable absolutely would, because...
