I have gone back to reading a book I have been working on for awhile. Yes, unfortunately, I am a slow and distracted reader so I have four or five books I keep picking up when I have time to read. Yesterday, I picked up The Strength You Need: The Twelve Great Strength Passages of…
I’m still holed up in my house, but not necessarily because of COVID-19. It’s because I am obsessed with completing a short book project about the journey back to my Jewish roots. However, when I do venture out, the world still does not feel “normal’ to me. My state, Texas, is reporting record-breaking Coronavirus hospitalizations…
Wow, has our country been dealing with a lot of drama! It makes me want to run and hide. I feel so overwhelmed with everything that is happening: Covid19, the stock market roller coaster, unprecedented unemployment, riots, civil unrest, cities still closed, universities unsure if they will open, an election coming, and I won’t even…
In my Bible reading this morning, a verse popped out of me from Ecclesiastes 12:12: “Be careful, for writing books is endless, and much study wears you out.” That got personal. I am finishing up a book that I’ve been writing and have plans to start doctoral work in the fall. After reading this verse,…
I have always liked the catchphrase from Forrest Gump. “Momma says, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” Well our curtain global situation, as well as our national issues, is a chocolate that has been especially bitter. We never know what really is going to happen in life….