Hope or Despair?

The following words passed from friend to friend over the years.  Stephanie, friend of our daughter, Rene’, shared these words with her during her recovery after surgery for stage III ovarian cancer in 2014, and they are still relevant today.  Originally Joan Chittister  penned these words on hope or despair in  “The Psalms: Meditations for every Day of the Year.” Cut from the Same Cloth ~ “Hope and despair are not opposites.  They are cut from the very same cloth; made from the very same material; shaped from the very same circumstances.  Most of all, every life finds itself forced Read More

Hope Found in the Chaos

Because of the recent tragedy in Las Vegas, I am posting a most insightful article by Casey Schutrop  of WOW Ministries International – Hope Found in the Chaos TRAGEDY AND TRAUMA Still fresh, the day after the flood of news of the largest mass-shooting on U.S. soil, when the gates of hell rained open fire on people, the shock and  ‘angst’ was growing within me. Hurting deeply for the lives lost, the injured and the families affected, my thoughts went to the ripple-effect of this tragedy as I tried to wrap my head around it – when our daily calendars Read More