Dream So Big

  DREAMS are not merely in the night; they are the goals and visions that fire your heart and flood your soul. Is your dream too big for you to fulfill without God’s help? “If you can do it without His help, you are not dreaming big enough. If it’s much bigger than you, you …

Are you having a good day?

Embed from Getty Images   As I put my items on the checkout belt, the supermarket clerk called to the woman behind me and said, “Ma’am, I am sorry, but I am closing after him.”  The woman rolled her eyes, mumbled something under her breath, and shrugged her shoulders as she left. The clerk and …

I’ll be happy when ….

(“Isolation” short video) Unhappiness is a condition that affects many Americans at one point or another, and isolation often a byproduct. The short film entitled “Isolation”  (click image link above), cleverly produced, directed and acted by Joe Narciso as part of a sermon series created by Renaissance Church in Summit, New Jersey served as the …

Christmas Eve Communion

I stood silently staring into the burgundy depths of the cup, praying for oneness. At the first salty-sweet taste every cell in my body danced. Your blood coursed through my veins like holy fire cleansing me, lifting me out of myself to a peace I’d never known … where You come to me, Lord as …

Always look on the bright side of life … A Eulogy

Pictured from right to left, Cathy Barlow Garrison, Nancy Shearer, Jenny Cline, and Bill Hutzel (center) In memory of Cathy Barlow Garrison who passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2016. Cathy seemed to always celebrate life, and so it was fitting that the ceremony in honor of her was called a celebration. But I was sad …