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Blessing: Reason for the Season

Today is the perfect day to show restraint. Curb those impulsive gestures and use the day productively in service to God. May you be blessed to remember the reason for the season, and to express your love for family and friends in ways that reflect … [Read more...]

Q-Card: Vol. 299

Week Ending Friday November 25, 2022 {quotes} My mission in life is not merely to survive but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. Maya Angelou This will remain the land of the free so long as … [Read more...]

Prayer: You Make Me Whole

Though I stomp and whine and moan for my own idea of completion, I see that You have already made me whole. And so I praise you for the body that sustains me and the spirit that fills me, for the friends that support me and the family that guides me, … [Read more...]

Q-Card: Vol. 298

Week Ending Friday, November 18, 2022 {quotes} All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. Ralph Waldo Emerson In creating the world, God extended the astounding gift of existence to something other than himself, … [Read more...]

Prayer: Veteran’s Blessing

Dear God, turn Your divine gaze to those who served in the military. They have sacrificed time, comfort, strength, ambition, health, and prosperity for the peace and safety of family and friends, and others they’ve never even known. Reward them a … [Read more...]

Q-Card: Vol. 297

Week Ending Friday, November 11, 2022 {quotes} The message is clear: plan with attitude, prepare with aptitude, participate with servitude, receive with gratitude, and this should be enough to separate you from the multitudes. Krish Dhanam We … [Read more...]

Prayer: Declaration of Service

I declare I will not just live for myself. Rather, I will live for relationships; with my family, friends, beloved, and with You, dear God. Help me holy One, to live in service to others, in sync with others, and to be one with humanity. … [Read more...]

Q-Card: Vol. 294

{quotes} I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. L. M. Montgomery When we die we shall be asleep as we were before birth, so why should we be afraid of death? Gloria Vanderbilt You just can’t beat the person who never gives … [Read more...]

Story: Shirley & Rose

Though the names and details have been changed, I'm told this is a true story about two roommates in a retirement home somewhere in New Jersey. One woman, we'll call her Shirley, is a widow with one son who lives in California. She has made a … [Read more...]

Feature: Flaws Have Purpose

By Nona Jones I've recently become fascinated with the story of Moses and how he appealed to Pharaoh on behalf of God to, "let my people go." The way this story is told and portrayed in films is that Moses approached Pharaoh with his … [Read more...]