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Blogs I Follow

  • Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
  • hakokhavim.
  • Jane Tawel
  • Erroll's Blog
  • OUTDOOR FAMILY 101
  • Myron Gilbert's People Drawings
  • Bonjour From Brittany
  • ellie894
  • Narrative Illuminations
  • Mere Inkling Press
  • Bible Daily
  • Diamonds in Dark Places
  • Jenn Abel
  • The Chronicles of Ms. K
  • Sign of the Rose
  • provokingthegospel
  • saint sinner seeker
  • All The Shoes I Wear
  • Lauren Calvin Cooke
  • The Public Medievalist

Category: People Stories

A Forgotten Love Note from My Son
People Stories, Reflections

A Forgotten Love Note from My Son

Every now and then our children surprise and honor us as parents. This is the story of one such moment, when I found a forgotten love note from my adult son. Continue reading A Forgotten Love Note from My Son

Love on a Backyard Swing
People Stories, Reflections, Stories

Love on a Backyard Swing

You can never comprehend your parents love, until you have children of your own. Continue reading Love on a Backyard Swing

Filling the Manger with Straw
Advent, Christmas, People Stories

Filling the Manger with Straw

Advent is a time of preparation for the coming of Christ. This story suggests a tradition that you can use to help your children prepare for the birth of Christ by filling an empty manger with straw. Continue reading Filling the Manger with Straw

Learning to Sing at My Father’s Side
People Stories, Reflections

Learning to Sing at My Father’s Side

From an early age, my father instilled in me a love of sacred music. As children we attended church every … Continue reading Learning to Sing at My Father’s Side

Happy Birthday to Musings and Wonderment
Grief, Incarnation, People Stories, Reflections, Sermons

Happy Birthday to Musings and Wonderment

This is an invitation for new readers to consider following my blog. Here are four samples of posts from the first year of Musings and Wonderment” Continue reading Happy Birthday to Musings and Wonderment

Being the Best Man
People Stories, Reflections

Being the Best Man

Some thoughts on John 3:30 “He must increase, but I must decrease.” Over 45 years ago, my younger brother, Brad, … Continue reading Being the Best Man

Porcupine Meatballs and Love
People Stories, Reflections, Stories

Porcupine Meatballs and Love

How you perceive things depends on your perspective. For my mother, porcupine meatballs were a reminder of hard times. For me,they are a comfort food and a reminder of love. Continue reading Porcupine Meatballs and Love

Katharine Lee Bates: America, the Beautiful
People Stories, Poetry, Stories

Katharine Lee Bates: America, the Beautiful

The story of the woman who wrote the song and a revised poem that speaks to our situation during the time of pandemic and demands for racial justice Continue reading Katharine Lee Bates: America, the Beautiful

Loving Your Enemies: A Sermon on Matthew 5:38-48
People Stories, Sermons, Stories, The Sermon on the Mount

Loving Your Enemies: A Sermon on Matthew 5:38-48

A sermon preached at United Reformed Church on Mother’s Day, May 10, 2020 To listen to the author preach this … Continue reading Loving Your Enemies: A Sermon on Matthew 5:38-48

Fire in the Hole:  A Communion Story from Solitary Confinement
People Stories, Reflections, Sermons, Spirituality

Fire in the Hole: A Communion Story from Solitary Confinement

This story was used as a communion meditation for worship at United Reformed Church of Clifton, on Sunday, May 3, … Continue reading Fire in the Hole: A Communion Story from Solitary Confinement

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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

The thoughts, prayers, and brain-dumps of a Presbyterian pastor-mom

hakokhavim.

[the stars]

Jane Tawel

Musings & Meditations

Erroll's Blog

conversations about Jesus and community

OUTDOOR FAMILY 101

TIME OUTDOORS ISN'T SPENT IT\'S INVESTED

Myron Gilbert's People Drawings

I am an artist and illustrator. And these “episodes” are quick sketches of and stories about people that I meet or have met over the years. I do the drawings first, keeping them simple and spontaneous but (hopefully) sophisticated. They are with perhaps one or two exceptions, line drawings done with a fine-line pen. I started doing these drawings in business meetings. That expanded to doing them in waiting rooms or while traveling, as a way to remember the people I met, worked with, or just observed from afar. Once I’d done a number of these sketches, I began to wonder about the people they depict. What might they be really like on the inside? What are their dreams? Their fears? Their secrets? Since I did not know the people I was drawing (or because I did not know them well), I felt ill-at-ease about asking personal questions. And so, I began to create stories about these people, based on what I imagine their life is like. That way, each drawing became a kind of psychological adventure; I never knew, when I sat down to write, what I was going to find. Like the drawings themselves, the stories are not to scale or photographic. If there is any prevailing theme, it is this: people keep their inner world well-hidden and probably for damn good reason. A secondary theme: making stuff up is much more fun than reality. And in a way, that is the real truth in all this. If you would like to learn more about me or my work please send a note. Our email: myron.gilbert@att.net

Bonjour From Brittany

Celebrating what makes Brittany unique

ellie894

Narrative Illuminations

exploring ideas - inspired by texts - expressed in images

Mere Inkling Press

Bible Daily

Hannah's daily devotional

Diamonds in Dark Places

"Diamonds are found only in the dark places of the earth; truths are found only in the depths of thought." (Victor Hugo, Les Miserables)

Jenn Abel

The Chronicles of Ms. K

thoughts on life, teaching, and faith

Sign of the Rose

Searchings: Sacred and Secular

provokingthegospel

saint sinner seeker

Essays, poetry, sermons and images to spark your own creativity.

All The Shoes I Wear

Writing Down The Bones

Lauren Calvin Cooke

Explorations in Practical Theology and Youth Ministry

The Public Medievalist

The Middle Ages in the Modern World

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