I hope you have enjoyed reading my blog posts on my favorite Psalm.  I wanted to return to it today as I was thinking about being content.  In my life, the picture of peace is when my mind is content.  I watch my pups, Kona and Kailua as they nap on the floor.  Kailua often sleeps on her back, legs sticking up breathing softly.  Kona sleeps curled up almost cat-like.  They are the picture of contentment.  Jesus told us, “Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or your body, what you will...

I hope you have enjoyed the series I have written about Psalm 23.  I have found the experience to be fulfilling and insightful.  As I read and reread these verses, I am struck by the simplicity it offers the reader.  We all look for ways to simplify our lives.  There is much chaos, confusion, and events that seem to swirl around us every day. I see Psalm 23 as a very simplified version of...

Many weeks ago I felt it was my responsibility as chair for the membership committee to put out a request for extra masks.  I wanted to make certain that when we joined together in person again if anyone forgot their mask at home or if there was a visitor who came without one that masks were available.  I am a firm believer in Matthew 7:7 “Ask and it will be given to you….” so I sent out a request to...

I'm so excited that summer is here!  More and more, I find myself itching to step outside and enjoy the sunshine and the warm weather.  I have always thought myself to be the type of person who loved the Fall and never really cared about the other seasons...but during the course of this Quarantine, I'm finding myself truly appreciative and in love with both spring and summer so far.  I think that the reason for...

Welcome back.  I hope you have enjoyed the last three editions of this blog as much as I have writing them.  Psalm 23 is such an inspirational set of verses.  I enjoy the peace and hope it brings me; every time I read it.  Theses few verses sum up all our needs in life and all the abundance of God’s limitless grace.  Notice how it begins with “The Lord” and ends with “forever”.  God is indeed the Alpha and...