G&S Monthly Themes
Use What You Have
If it hadn’t been for my service on “The Food Panel,” a volunteer gig with our local newspaper, I might never have heard about, or understood the importance of an immersion blender. I wouldn’t call myself a foodie. I just wanted to write. When I saw the ad for volunteers in 2009, I submitted my…
Read MoreOur Future’s Kingdom View
For years I ignored this fascination that others have had with their ancestry, with their roots. I didn’t see the need or the use for it. At all. That is, until I got cataracts. I know that’s a strange leap, but these tiny little things on my eyes – too small to even remove yet…
Read MorePracticing the Principles of Peace
How did we get so far out of balance? In the beginning was perfection, the likes of which our world today cannot fathom. Creation flowed in skilled precision as if the wind, rain, and sunshine were on a perfect release schedule, nature’s acrobatic dance over all the earth. But suddenly, the rain turned to snow…
Read MoreGoing Home
Late in 2019, I officially made the decision to quit my job and stay home with my daughter. It was simultaneously the hardest and easiest decision I’ve ever had to make. It was hard because I love my former colleagues at the community college and enjoyed working with them; it was easy because, I mean,…
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