Category Archives: REFLECTIONS

On this day in 1945, the second atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. Half the city was destroyed and over 70,000 were killed. A day to send forth prayerful energy around the world that nuclear weapons will NEVER be used again for any reason. Edward Hays VATICAN CITY DESTROYED BY AContinue reading “CROSSROADS CRISIS”

Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heav’n and home,When Jesus is my portion? My constant Friend is He:His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. “Let not yourContinue reading “DO NOT WORRY”

My brother bear just LOVES his birthday, this year declaring a public celebration for the whole month! Well of course he can’t have the ENTIRE month because he shares it with our mother, who is turning 90 this year. To quote him; Birthdays should be celebrated to honor our parents! But even More importantly, weContinue reading “MISSING MILESTONES”

One of the greatest tragedies of our time is the large number of those who are out of work. Yet the other side of that sad social reality provides us with a paradoxical truth. For a great number of people, the tragedy of our age is being over-employed! Our lives are so busy, so constantlyContinue reading “THE BLESSINGS OF UNEMPLOYMENT”

When I was a little girl in the 70s, I remember not having money or going shopping, though that doesn’t mean that we weren’t rich in other ways. Being raised on a self sustaining farm, our lives were made from the food we harvested and the animals we raised. There was always a pot ofContinue reading “DIS- to RE-CONNECT”

Every Sunday, I get the honor of speaking with my 89 year old mother over the phone… We share a selection from a daily reflection book that she purchased for me in 1997, “The Pilgrim’s Almanac” by Edward Hays. I LOVE THIS BOOK because it doesn’t matter when I read it, EVERY TIME what isContinue reading “AN AGING CURE”

We could learn a great deal during these times of chaos from two very profound authors whose differences did not stop them from remaining the dearest of friends. In fact, had they parted ways as so many are today over beliefs and opinions (Lewis and Tolkien had differences that many fought and died to maintainContinue reading “AGREE TO DISAGREE”

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.  Albert Einstein “Wrong Way” Corrigan leaves New York’s Bennet Field on this day in 1938 as he attempts to fly non-stop to Los Angeles. Corrigan reads the wrongContinue reading “COMPASS DAY”

Commemorating the English Saint who died in 862. According to an old legend, “St. Swithin’s Day, if thou doest rain, for forty days it will remain; St. Swithin’s Day, if thou be faire, forty days ’twill rain nae nair.” Rain or shine, be of good cheer. A day to ask St. Swithin to help youContinue reading “ST. SWITHIN’S DAY by Edward Hays”