The Holiday is Pronounced THANKSgiving
This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with Gannett. It’s hard for me to believe that New York City (where I now live) is part of the … Read More
Blog posts for Hope
The Power of a Pinwheel
I was in the parking lot of the Walgreens recently and heard squeals of laughter coming from a Kia Soul nearby. Not knowing a drug store to be … Read More
Empowerment Hope joy Self care
Not Today, Satan!
This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with the USA Today Network. Some days, you just feel it. It’s like a disruption in the force, … Read More
Empowerment Gratitude Hope joy Second Chances Self care
Eat, Pray, Love . . . at Home
This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with the USA Today Network The Coronavirus has changed everything about our world, including our language. Words that … Read More
Just Keep Swinging
This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with the USA Today Network. If Jesus came back, I think he would return as the late, … Read More
You Gotta Have a Visual
This piece was written as a Lenten devotional for Park Minster Church in Toronto, Canada, Dr. Peter Holmes, pastor. Let me begin with a confession: I have an unfettered weakness for cheeseburgers, Reese’s Cups, and onion dip. Not served together. Usually. Most of the time, I can … Read More
Duct Tape, Bailing Wire, and the Grace of God
This column was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with Gannett. You never know how a sermon will turn out, but I knew the one on December 20th was going to be … Read More
All You Need is Love, a Tiara, and a Cupcake
How do you hold on to hope in the midst of despair? To answer that question, you can read the seven trillion self-help books on Amazon, or you … Read More
Gratitude Hope Kindness Risk and Reinvention
Healing the Humbug
This piece is a sample chapter from my new book: Miracle on 31st Street: Christmas Cheer Every Day of the Year – Grinch to Gratitude in 26 Days! … Read More
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A Place Called Grace
This column was also featured as a chapter in my award-winning book, “Miracle on 31st Street: Christmas Cheer Every Day of the Year — Grinch to Gratitude in 26 Days!” Some days, I just have an inordinate need for “grace.” And by “grace,” I mean … Read More