I was going to community college taking three courses to get my two-year degree. Also working two jobs, the first from 3 to 7 and the second from 7 to 11. After a few months I was unable to keep it up. I went to the first and quit, then went to the second and […]
If I were to mention a very recent Godwink, it would come with someone’s name attached to it — Gary Stone. I was led by Gary to explore joining a discussion group that meets once a week. After talking with Gary, I made the commitment to join the group. Thank you, Gary, for allowing God […]
While I was in Florida with my friend, we volunteered at a rest station her church sponsors every year during a community festival. People are welcome to come to the Youth Center of their church and use the bathroom, get some water and sit down to rest during the heat of the day. We were […]
Last spring I visited a friend in Florida who had just lost her husband. We were grilling outside her home one evening when friends of hers (a husband and wife) from church stopped by. My friend invited them in and while visiting I remarked to the woman how lovely her necklace was and how I […]
In the fall of 2023, I was getting a haircut by the same hairdresser I have had for 30 years. She noticed a “bump” on the crown of my head that she said she had never seen before, and she recommended that I have a doctor look at it. So the next time I had […]
This was not a good time of our lives. Our child had been sick for 3 months with a serious illness that was not responding to the typical medications. He was referred to a specialty center in Philadelphia which was located in the Germantown Hospital. At the intake visit, it was explained that the area […]
I believe God used me as a human vessel to be a witness for one boy, one of the school children, to God’s unending love, mercy and grace. A boy had hit a wiffle ball so hard, it went flying into a tree. Everyone was looking for it, kids were climbing the tree, adults were […]
It was Maundy Thursday several years ago and although I was in church, I wasn’t really “here”. I had recently found out my best friend at work had taken another job and was moving to Chicago. I wasn’t happy about it. I had been pretty much moping around for several days and even right then […]
I was 42 years old and had been diagnosed with breast cancer. The cancer was aggressive. Surgery followed by chemo therapy and radiation were strongly recommended. I had my breast surgeon lined up and was in the process of meeting with two local oncologists who had come highly recommended. The first doctor took his time […]
“Be still, and know that I am God” A “Sign in the Snow” was a picture that Carole took on Good Friday a few years ago in the woods at Mount Washington, New Hampshire. As we were snowshoeing through the woods, we saw the little evergreen. The bottom branches were bent into the snow so […]
Shortly after I retired, I agreed to serve on the board of the nonprofit Outreach Depot, which I had written about in the past and greatly admired. This group was born in 2010 as a mission project of Wesley United Methodist Church in Bethlehem and relocated several years ago to a warehouse in East Allentown. […]
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