Giving Thanks

Call to Well Nesting

How about we give thanks to God for being who He is (almighty Creator) and for still loving us, even though He knows everything about ...
Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit on Pentecost Sunday

Pentecost commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ, while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast ...
Faith

The Blessing

Because of the Cross, we can declare our faith over the blessings of the Lord. Although there are some perspectives to consider when we speak ...
Faith

The Cross

A tribute for the Lenten season, in remembrance of the events leading up to and including the death of Jesus Christ.  Christianity centers around the ...
Faith

Love Your Heart

The first and best Valentine of all has to do with being our own Valentine 365 days a year! Yep! With all of the warm ...
Faith

Christmas Promises

Christmas is the most wonderful mystery ever! The mystery isn’t in the bright lights, the decorated trees, the numerous ornaments, the shopping, Christmas cards or ...
Giving Thanks

Our Daily Bread

As we enter into the season of Thanksgiving, can we truly say that we are thankful? Do we acknowledge God for the numerous things that ...
Hope

Heart Health

How’s your heart doing these days? Aside from the fact that you know you’re still alive, what’s going on in there? Let’s talk about the ...
Faith

Greater

There’s a Church saying that it seems everybody knows: “God is good – all the time, all the time – God is good.” Will anybody ...
Hope

The Eyes of Hope

If you’ve ever been lost in a mess (physical, financial, relational, emotional, spiritual, mental) of any sort, or caught up in the mist  of continually ...
Family

Grandma’s Hands

I’m intrigued by the work of hands, in how they can reach out, pull in, and tend to hearts. I’m in awe over how God ...
Faith

God and Men

Boys, young men, old men, fathers, brothers, grandfathers, uncles,  godfathers, or friends – we all have men in our lives. Who we are today has ...
Prayer

When Women Pray

Thirty-plus women gathered in a room connected by a mission: prayer. Drawn from Brooklyn, Long Island, Orange County, Westchester, New York, and even South Carolina, ...
Faith

Friday Ending – Sunday Beginning          

Part II Resurrection Sunday is a remembrance of suffering and death, so why are we celebrating? What is our point of reference for our now ...
Faith

Friday Ending – Sunday Beginning

Part 1 Childhood memories.  Easter Sunday involved dyeing hardboiled eggs with my grandfather. There was an Easter basket filled with jellybeans, yellow chicks, chocolate eggs, ...
Faith

Being Woman

Women make a difference in the world, as we work in the home, manage careers, and serve in places of ministry. We advocate for change, ...
Faith

Heart and Soul Day

Join me in celebrating a non-traditional Valentine’s Day: “Heart and Soul” – from the ultimate source of love, created to live within the human heart. ...
Lifestyle Change

Wellness Calls

It’s like a whirlwind of activity. Suddenly we’re looking for what’s trending, like in losing weight and getting buffed bodies or yoga butts. We can ...
Faith

The Blessing

We focus so often on the events and circumstances in our lives that the magic of a blessing gets lost, unnoticed, or devalued. Blessings hold ...
Faith

Faith on Trial

Is it Working for You? If you really think of it, faith (believing) is always being questioned or asserted in our lives. Does faith then ...
Lifestyle Change

Making Connections

Holy Week – the cross, the tomb, and Resurrection Sunday – is an exciting time in the life of a believer. The message it leaves ...
Self-Help

A World-wind of Wonderful Women

A month dedicated to the history of women; although – with our lives, we celebrate the women who sacrificed for us every day. We don’t ...
Faith

It’s In There

Can we talk? Times are so different right now that it’s hard to recognize where we are, what’s really happening, how we each fit in, ...
Self-Help

New Beginnings

January, a time to refresh the soul and putting emphasis on what we should leave behind or take with us from the old year, and ...
Hope

Bring Christmas into the New Year

During the Holiday season (Christmas, Hanukah, Eid al-Fitr, Three Kings, Kwanza), people have been focused on the Light of the World, gifts, merriment, children’s wishes, ...
Faith

Have an eChristmas

Christmas is “the” light that has come to shine through or lives. It is the favor of God showing us His compassion. It is Emanuel ...
Faith

Different Times, Same God

Christmas is rejoicing time: We get to celebrate the best gift ever, the birth of our Savior. It matters not what your station in life ...
Faith

Christmas Is Something More

The holiday season inspires feelings of warmth, joy, peace, and love. But for some, this time of year can evoke feelings of loneliness, stress, and ...
Faith

Christmas?

Every year the Christmas season is exploited way beyond the true meaning behind the celebration. Hallmark started airing some Christmas movies in July, with October ...
Giving Thanks

The Renewal Power of Thanksgiving

New days give us the chance to see things differently, to shake the dust off and think again. Having an attitude of gratitude helps to ...
Giving Thanks

Going All the Way In

It’s definitely different this year. If we are going to celebrate Thanksgiving – you know, that “family” holiday where we give thanks for what we ...
Lifestyle Change

Sometimes

Sometimes a blessing doesn’t look like a blessing. Sometimes pain separates itself from anger, fear, or distaste. Sometimes just being there, helping a little or ...
Lifestyle Change

Real Talk

Among all of the themes related to health, wellness and spiritual awareness, there is one thread that runs through all – lifestyle change. The agreement ...
Faith

And Then It Was

The whole purpose of our journey in life is to connect with God and fulfill His plan of abundance. It’s good to know that this ...
signs, directions, choosing
Faith

We Have Alternatives

To say that we are in a season of dramatic change and alternatives is a no brainer. The pandemic has complicated things. However, I’d like ...
Wellness

Survival

Granted, this time in history is like nothing we have ever experienced. However, there is one thing that has never changed: the way in which ...
Faith

The Attack

There are a few things about being under attack that, somehow, we get twisted. I know this because I have done it myself many times ...
Faith

A Mother’s Heart

Moms are a breed of women who are set up to give their hearts away as a way of life. Moms tend to worry and ...
Self-Help

The Formula for Renewal

In early 2000 amidst the most unimaginable trouble (like today’s pandemic crisis) an answer became obvious: I could not change anything or anyone else. I ...
Self-Help

Time

Time is a four-letter word that can block progress and uphold stagnation. Taking away the hectic pace, demands and noisiness of our usual lifestyles, finding ...
Faith

Attitudes and Vicissitudes

God gives us a full suit of armor, not so we can rush out to the battlefield, but so we are able to “stand” without ...
Self-Help

Your Plan

​Life is a plan whether you contribute to the plan or not!​Just think of how society is governed and how your culture/lifestyle fits into it. ...
Faith

All For One

​​The nature of a pandemic is an unprecedented occurrence! No one is exempt, hardships effect everyone and everywhere. All of the divisions we’ve not long ...
Wellness

Will the Real You Stand Up

Most of the time we speak about it being very difficult to find ourselves or to have balance in our — the hectic pace, demands, ...
Faith

Faith vs Fear, Faith or Fear, Faith and Fear?

There is a war going on. Part of it seen in the ridiculous or overbearing (hoarding) actions and behaviors of some. However, most of is ...
Faith

Faith Against Corona-Virus Embodied

With all of the turmoil going on in our world these days, the realization that everyone is experiencing something is quite sobering. Knowing that trouble ...
Faith

Is God In The House?

We acknowledge that God is Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, of which there is none greater. We know that He created man and woman ...
Faith

When The Going Gets Tough

Life gives us the opportunity to experience every emotion, circumstance, and situation in our environment with ease, but also through distress. At any given moment, ...
Faith

Prophesy for 2017 From the Book of Isaiah

GOD’S PROMISES  His voice speaks from generation to generation, never ending.  This post covers scriptures under the following headings:1 Isaiah’s Prayer for Mercy and Help, ...
Self-Help

It’s Time

Happy New Year!  What happened to the time? First thoughts that come to mind are, how will this year be happy, what should I do, ...
Faith

The Star Becomes Our Cross

A foggy day here in the hills of Westchester. Isn’t it similar to how we feel when our lives are experiencing storms—foggy? Nothing is clear, ...
Faith

Kick Trouble Out of Christmas

Jesus is a love worth finding. He’s an every-day-of-the-week kind of Savior. Do you need some peace, some direction in difficult situations, some vision and ...

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