

wabi-sabi
Wabi-sabi-- my new favorite words. Just repeat them again and again! Let them roll off of your tongue...wabi-sabi, wabi-sabi, wabi-sabi! But what does it mean? More fantastic than the saying of the words are their meaning: “to find beauty in broken or old things” Ha! The older I get...the more I LOVE these words! In our western, “throw away” culture, we do not have an appreciation of wabi-sabi. But I have recently learned of Kintsugi- “kin”=golden and “tsugi”=repair. In Japan

skandalon!
SEE IT ON THE ALL NEW VLOG! Now on YOUTUBE! More toxic to the soul than deadly poison is to the body-- is unforgiveness. It eats away at our very core causing ill health: spiritually, emotionally, psychologically and even physically. How do we get free from this snare? Let’s unpack it and see what it is at its very root and unmask the enemy of our soul who sets the deadly traps that cause us so much harm. Unforgiveness comes as the result of an action that has caused us to ta


Red Alert!
Whooosh! Red Alert! We celebrate Pentecost this coming Sunday! After the bodily Resurrection of Christ--this is the most exciting event in the history of the Church! What is it? Well, as Christians we celebrate it as the Birthday of the Church- the day the Holy Spirit came down from heaven as flaming tongues of fire and filled the twelve Apostles, the Blessed Mother and others all seated together praying in the upper room (Acts 1- 2). It happened fifty days after Easter--Jesu


the graceful exit
Traditionally, today we celebrate The Ascension of The Lord! Who better than He to make a Graceful Exit? What a spectacular display of triumph over death! And while He entered the world somewhat hidden and through “ordinary means”-- as a baby born of a woman--He certainly did not leave this earth like you and I will.* And once He stated His final wishes and ascended on high, He did not stop there in His efforts to reach out to us. Oh no! He sent His Holy Spirit to be with us,


holy
Picture this if you will... What if we lived in a world-- Where gentleness always wins over bullying Where friendship always wins over disputing Where forgiveness always wins over bitterness Where fidelity always wins over temptations Where faithfulness always wins over betrayal Where joyfulness always wins over grumpiness Where sincerity always wins over sarcasm Where love always wins over indifference Where peace always wins over anxiety Where kindness always wins over mean