Podcast Episodes

Peace and Contentment

How do we feel when we face uncertainty? Anxious, agitated, or are we at peace? As I experience the uncertainties that come with aging, peace is har…

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Find Hope, Share Hope

Kevin worries his retirement income won’t cover expenses. Margaret, a widow who moved to live near her daughter,

has no friends in town. Susan’s anx…

1 year, 5 months ago

Keep Your Father in Sight

When my grandchildren were babies, they were content if mommy or daddy were in their line of sight. If their parents left the room, they cried, call…

1 year, 5 months ago

Hope Motivates

Hope motivates us to keep going. Without hope we don’t want to do anything. In a Peanut’s cartoon: Lucy and Linus are watching TV when Lucy says to …

1 year, 5 months ago

Contentment

Have you noticed that the word “content” can be pronounced and used differently? For example, “I felt content when I’d gathered enough content to wr…

1 year, 5 months ago

God-Sightings

Hummingbirds delight me! They can hover right in front of my face, look at me, and then zip away in a breath. One day as I was hosing flowers, a hum…

1 year, 5 months ago

Holy Hydration

Scientists tell us that human beings can survive for three weeks without food, but only three days without water. As we work or exercise, our need f…

1 year, 5 months ago

Depart in Peace

There are parts of the Divine Service that I especially love to sing. One of those parts is the Nunc Dimittus. In Latin, “Nunc Dimittus” means, “now…

1 year, 5 months ago

A Content Child

Stanza three of the hymn, Children of the Heavenly Father, is: “Neither life nor death shall ever, From the Lord His children sever; Unto them His g…

1 year, 5 months ago

Don’t Fall!

I’ve fallen twice in the last couple of months, and I have the remnants of a black eye to prove it! But it made me realize that spiritual falls can …

1 year, 5 months ago