One spring, after a long and icy winter, Patricia E. Deegan, Ph.D., Director of Training National Empowerment Center, in Lawrence, MA, wrote the following: “It is springtime and hope is everywhere. It is springtime and it feels like all living things are trembling into being, still wet and new and…
Read more“Sabbatical or a sabbatical (from Latin sabbaticus, from Greek sabbatikos, from Hebrew shabbat, i.e., Sabbath, literally a “ceasing”) is a rest from work, or a break, often lasting from two months to a year. The concept of sabbatical has a source in shmita, described several places in the Bible (Leviticus…
Read more“My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever. Those who desert him will perish, for you destroy those who abandon you. But as for me, how good it is to be near God! I have made…
Read moreScripture Reading: Jonah 2:1-10 NLT “When I had lost all hope, I turned my thoughts once more to the LORD. And my earnest prayer went out to you in your holy Temple.” Jonah 2:7 NLT I find it quite interesting that the above scriptures are not a prayer…
Read moreThere is great amount of discussion concerning the horrific tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut. So many hearts are broken, filled with anguish and even extreme anger. All of which are totally understandable. In light of this tragedy along with previous tragedies we learn that the perpetrators have a…
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