Prayer Cabinet--Fourth Week in June
Back from the mountains and for four wonderful nights I got to witness the synchronous fireflies in the Smokies. For about fourteen days in mid June it is an amazing show for all to see. This is the...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--End of June
Rain, glorious rain came last week and now the gardens flourish and grass grows tall and green. For all of you with too much water, I sympathize, but this region needed rain.I worked the ALA...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--First week in July
We watched the fireworks on television, how dull are we! Keeping it simple worked for us and I look forward to the upcoming week of chores and housekeeping. Over the last two years, my approach to...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--Third week in July
The burn ban for my area has been lifted and even with five days straight of rain, it's too late for some of the crops. We drove through fields of knee high corn stalks, dry and brittle and it was...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--Last week in July
I came to the prayer cabinet when it was a weekly feature at Street Prophets and made simple requests for family members struggling with school and life. Sometimes, friends and family are reluctant to...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--First week in August
If all goes according to plan, I will be out west, in Navajo country after a trip to the Spanish Market in Santa Fe. I love the Southwest, the people, the scenery, the crafts, and the food.So in...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--Second week in August
Ah, I traveled quite a bit last week and experienced the 100 plus degrees in Texas on my way to the Spanish Market in Santa Fe. People were polite, but the heat is taking its toll on them and I hope...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--Third week in August
He is at work, yesterday was his first day. You have not idea how grateful I am to make that statement. He studied, graduated, pursued job leads and got the job he wanted in the field he wanted to...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--Fourth week in August
Getting older is humbling. Things ache in the morning, what's up with that? After a day of labor, I accept that there will be aches and pain, but after a night of rest? And what's with that evening...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--Last week in August
It's a challenging weather week for so many of us here in the United States. Areas of the Northeast are dealing with flooding and the aftermath of Irene. Here in the deep South, we are dealing with...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--First week in September
Parts of my state are actually in better shape after the storm than before; the rain put out fires below New Orleans and helped relieve drought conditions. There was a strip between two bands of rain...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet-- Wednesday, September 21st edition
So, what do you do when your back goes out? Rest, gentle stretches, and lots of pain medication have been my go to solutions for several days now. I'm moving around again and reduced the amount of...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--End of September edition
Everything takes awhile to get use to, for me, it's new technology. Like any habit, good ones in particular, you have to get into a regular routine to get in sync with it. So now, the e-reader I...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--First week in October
Oh, I am doing the happy feet dance. No arrow through the head, just joy for my favorite month of the year. You are reading that right, my favorite month. Now, if I can keep my mouth closed, it may...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--October 12 edition
So I wrote the letter I will never send. In it, I ranted about the poor behavior my loved ones have had to endure at the hands of a relative. This is a technique I learned in therapy years ago and it...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--October 19 edition
When I wake up this Wednesday morning early, it will be 40 degrees and I will rejoice. Usually we have just two seasons, winter and summer. Spring and autumn pass so quickly that they are just weeks...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--October 26, 2011
So, this weekend so many things got resolved and settled that I can look forward to the coming days with a sense of calm and focused living. Not that I don't aim for that regularly, but there has to...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--First Week In November
Yesterday the graves of my parents and my brother were cleaned and had fresh flowers on them and the whole graveyard was humming with people there to remember loved ones. We passed each other with our...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--Second week in November
I can come here once a week and quietly say "I give thanks." Thanks for the fact that I had the ability and the means to seek something that brings comfort and joy. Thanks that I had funds to secure...
View ArticlePrayer Cabinet--End of November
Love is a bunch of kale. Sleeping in the day after Thanksgiving, I wander into the kitchen for that first cup of coffee to find tomatoes and a bunch of kale. It couldn't be mine, I planted to late,...
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