by Carole Duff | Jul 25, 2022 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
We’re taking a chance. The Perennial Gen has been quiet lately because we’re merging with the Wonder Years Gathering to become The Sage Forum. Our new tagline reflects the merge: “Growing in wisdom together through the Wonder Years.” The mission of The Sage Forum is...
by Carole Duff | Jul 18, 2022 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
“What you propose to do is good.” Propose: to put forward an idea In Deuteronomy 1:9-14, Moses knew he would not enter the Promised Land. So, he prepared the people, telling them of God’s guidelines, and exhorted them to choose wise leaders. 9 At that...
by Carole Duff | Jun 27, 2022 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These people have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with...
by Carole Duff | Apr 4, 2022 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
Coffee with mother Every afternoon, after school, Mother makes herself a cup of decaf coffee laced with milk, and my sisters and I pour ourselves Cokes. Then we sit around the dining room table while Mother listens to our woes. I tell her about my...
by Carole Duff | Mar 28, 2022 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
You can’t have orthodoxy without orthopraxy. While thumbing through the March issue of Christianity Today last week, I came upon this article and quote from Tish Harrison Warren: “… orthodoxy (right belief) and orthopraxy (right action) are so essentially entwined...
by Carole Duff | Feb 28, 2022 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27 NIV It’s hard to think about peace while reading the headlines about war, I thought as Keith and I...
