by debracelovsky | Jul 26, 2023 | Family Life, Random Thinkings, Travel
(Photo: Sonoma Coast near Bodega Bay, CA) Let’s see. In the weeks since my last post, my husband and I have: been to Lithuania to oversee a wonderful multinational church while our pastor friends made a trip to the U.S. (check out my Facebook page for photos and...
by debracelovsky | Feb 13, 2023 | One Year Bible, Random Thinkings
OYB Exodus 28, 31, 35 and 36 The very impulse to create is divine. Although we may agree, those impulses are often assigned the status of hobby. Should they be? In her little book, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art, writer Madeleine L’Engle speaks...
by debracelovsky | Mar 15, 2021 | Family Life, Random Thinkings
Have you ever walked through an elderly care facility? Have you wondered about the lives of those men and women? Wondered what regrets they might have? Australian Bronnie Ware worked in palliative care for many years and she did ask. Five things kept surfacing in her...
by debracelovsky | Oct 5, 2020 | Random Thinkings, Word
Dave Ramsey, in his first-rate, 9-week course, Financial Peace University, has a great little exercise at the end of each session. It’s called the One Minute Takeaway. A large 1-minute clock appears on the screen. As it ticks down, participants are asked to...
by debracelovsky | Aug 10, 2020 | Family Life, Health, Random Thinkings
I have a mustard seed and I’m not afraid to use it.Pope Benedict XVI In the field down the road from where I used to live was a twelve acre field. It was owned by an elderly woman who, some years, leased it to a farmer who planted oats. When rains came, vernal...
by debracelovsky | Jun 29, 2020 | Family Life, Random Thinkings, Word
People are very open-minded about new things, as long as they’re exactly like the old ones. Charles F. Kettering Should we want our lives and ourselves to simply return to “normal?” One of the valuable takeaways from this experience is the...
