by Carole Duff | Feb 3, 2025 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
As I explore my word for this year—humility—I’m struck by how second chances at humility dominate our lives. Repeated practice. In listening to one another, in becoming who we’re meant to be, and in learning Who comes first. Second chance in the second half of life ...
by Carole Duff | Jan 27, 2025 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Faith, Writing and Reading |
“Would you do me a favor and pick up the mail when you pick up your chainsaw from the repair shop?” I asked Keith on Friday afternoon. “Sure,” he said as he stroked Mac’s big head. Favor as an act of kindness I don’t know about you, but I’m constantly asking...
by Carole Duff | Jan 20, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 2...
by Carole Duff | Jan 13, 2025 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
“I wonder if we’ll be satisfied with the results,” I said to Keith, as we ran the HeatTrak on the deck below the dining room windows. This area, on the north side of the house, accumulates snow and ice from what falls from the sky and off the roof. Concerned about...
by Carole Duff | Oct 7, 2024 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
Keith and I marvel at how the two of us came together—and how far the two of us have come. Not so much in earthly terms, though we certainly have been blessed, but in our relationship. This morning, when I thought about the two us twenty years ago and now,...
by Carole Duff | Sep 30, 2024 | Faith, Nature, Writing and Reading |
As I read about the devastation from Hurricane Helene, I thought about how people of faith have an advantage in dealing with terrible trials such as this. We know we are not alone. We know who to call upon for help. Those who missed the brunt of Helene know that it...
