My post today is from Day 2 – Write a List. The task is to compose a list – of anything and any length – and post it. I’m reading a book, “One Thousand Gifts” by Ann Voskamp. It’s about living fully right where you are. It is the story of her journey to record one […]
The Face of God
This is Day 2 of the Intro to Poetry Class. The subject today is: Face. God is not White, God is wise and wonderful! God is not Black, God is big and bright – bread from heaven! God is not man, God is a merciful maker! God is not woman, God is wise and wonderful! God […]
Water
This post is based upon Day 1 of Poetry 101, a poem about water. I recently had an experience with water in my condo. What started out as a very pleasant experience soon turned into a nightmare. But like all nightmares, it was short in duration and this one ended quite well. a warm shower […]
Finding Strength for the Journey: Courage
Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” Until 2014, living courageously was a term I applied to people like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, […]
What I Know For Sure
I always marvel at the editorial piece in Oprah’s ‘O’ Magazine, “What I Know for Sure.” How can you know anything for sure except that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west and we are born and at some point in time we cease to exist. The in between […]
Resilience: God Within
In the12 months from February 2014 – February 2015 I faced four major life challenges: Diagnosis of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Stage 1 Cyst on my pituitary gland that put undue pressure on my optic nerve resulting in a loss of my eye site. Move into a new Home Loss of financial standing due to layoff And […]
Teri McClanahan 