Silent Night
Over 200 years ago in 1816, the beloved Christmas hymn, Silent Night was heard for the first time in Austria at a Christmas Eve Mass in Oberndorf.
Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem
As each Christmas season rolls around, I have flashbacks of Christmases as a child. But, don’t we all? This particular memory of mine is of Bethlehem.
Tie Your Own Laces
Don’t let anyone who hasn’t been in your shoes tell you how to tie your laces!
Gathering Again
Thanksgiving is here. We’ve spent this last year isolated and apart from family. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to re-gather.
Silence
Often, I read first thing in the morning from an old-fashioned meditation book by Oswald Chambers called Utmost for His Highest. Usually, I’m on my second cup of tea, after I’ve sat in silence for awhile.
Bloom Anyway!
I was sitting at my writing desk distracted by the wind whipping the tree branches first one way, then the other, loosening the browning leaves from their seasonal precarious hold. Like the omen of an approaching hurricane, Fall has been late this year, giving us only whiffs of cool breaths interspersed with the still prevailing warm gusts of Texas.