An article I read this morning referred to the crushing losses seen in global markets as a “blood bath”. Fear is gripping the hearts and pockets of millions across our nation, and perhaps billions around the globe. The economy is being flipped on it’s head and kicked in the mouth. Uncertainty is an understatement, butContinue reading “Liberation Day”
Category Archives: Suffering
All you’ve got
I hesitate to write about the devastation of the fires that currently rage in Southern California. Lives have been lost and dreams have literally gone up in smoke, but it’s not my story to tell. I haven’t been personally touched by the flames that have destroyed so much and yet, here I am, heartbroken andContinue reading “All you’ve got”
Now what?
Every year we experience this no-man’s land in time between Christmas and the New Year. We have months of build up to the holidays with shopping, parties, lights, and family time, and in one glorious day the wrapping paper gets shredded, Christmas dinner gets devoured, and when it’s all over we look around and think….nowContinue reading “Now what?”
Beyond the headline
I sit here staring at an empty screen, fingers hovering above the keys hoping the words will come. I close my eyes as the images I’ve seen this past week fill my brain and churn my gut. The scenes coming to us from the other side of the world are heartbreaking, with Afghan citizens soContinue reading “Beyond the headline”
Around and Around
Probably one of my all-time favorite movie scenes is in the classic, small-town American baseball movie, The Sandlot. A group of pre-adolescent boys spend their summer days playing baseball, but in this scene they all go to a carnival together. One of the boys pulls out a big pouch of chew, they all shove aContinue reading “Around and Around”
One Love One Voice 