This is a quote and a text from Sophy in May, when I had not heard from her...
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It all started with my adult daughter’s comment that if my husband and I should leave this world at...
Actor Dean Winters… You may not recognize his name but you most likely would recognize his face—he’s the “Mayhem”...
It is no wonder that we are all just a little bit on the wonky side of “keep on,...
I was talking with a friend the other day, who had inadvertently hurt me. (Hurts are usually inadvertent: Who...
For a whole year and a half, I have tried to attract birds to my garden. I put up...
I don’t know where it came from or how old it is; it has just “always been.”. “It” is...
Easter. Rebirth. Resurrection. Spring. It is also the time when we celebrate the Resurrection. Or, if you’re like me,...
Every month, as I sit down to write my blog, I think, “This will be my last post. It’s...
For many years (40? 50?) no holiday celebration in our family has been complete without the family favorite: Polish...
Today I saw a fox pattering along the edge of the forest, nose down, intent on its journey to...
Sixteen years ago I prayed to God to bring me a Relationship, the companion of my heart. I...
This is a story of how lovingly our needs are met. It’s also about an angel, but mostly about...
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there...
Dear Janine, If there is one benefit to this coronavirus isolation, it’s giving us the luxury of time. It’s...
In December 1982, a Mel Gibson film entitled “The Year of Living Dangerously “was released. We are only a...
Dear Janine, The coronavirus seems to be the only topic of conversation these days, assuming you can even find...
The accompanying photo is from a correspondent, Pam Urquidi-Wilson, who sees angels in the clouds. On crutches, with...
A few weeks ago I “pulled a muscle.” You’d think at my age that I would know better...
Here we are in January. The new year. This time the new Decade. January is the month when we...
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those...
Christmas is a time of giving. What we don’t always remember is that it’s also a time of receiving,...
Thanksgiving is not my favorite holiday. For one thing, it’s become so commercial, with its orange plastic turkeys and...
“Just be yourself. Everyone else is taken!” Oscar Wilde In this day and age where we all have to...
“…lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white unto harvest…” John 4:35 KJV I’m...
“Writing is a form of therapy: sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint...
“Look, the trees are turning,” she said, glancing out the picture window toward the New Hampshire woods, and everything...
My faith journey began on Great Grandmother’s farm in the Hemet Valley of southern California. The Valley lay at...
By Sophy Burnham ——–While working in the garden, I began to muse on how humans are the only animals...
“And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole...
Summertime, and the living is easy. Our cultural memories are rich with summertime: the slap of a screen door...
I normally write my own posts each month on FaithShapes, but this month I’m turning my space over to...
There is a saying in the 12-step Alcoholic Anonymous program that “You will not regret the past, nor wish...
If you get lost in life, put your ear to the ground and listen to its pounding heart. ...
Maundy Thursday: The word “Maundy” comes to us as an Anglo-French word derived from the Latin “mandatum,” which means...
I can recall hearing my grandmother say that sometimes before a social event or having guests in her home,...
The month of March is said to come in like a lion and out like a lamb, and as...
1 onion, chopped 1 T. butter 3 (14 oz. cans) chicken broth 1 (32 oz.) frozen hash browns...
A couple of nights ago I had this interesting dream of a couple of hanging pots with beautiful clover...
“It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to...
In dark December, when everyone was talking about harking to angels, and the birth of the Baby and the...
We are already well into a new year; in fact, I’m posting this on January 25th, and that means...
Not long ago a Canadian wrote me about a mysterious encounter he’d had with a homeless man, Helmut, who...
Ingredients: 1 Cup of sugar 1/4 Cup flour 1/8 tsp. nutmeg 1/2 Cup butter (1 stick) 1 recipe for...
Winter comes with gloomy, cold, rainy, snowy days. A fireplace for centuries was used to provide heat and cook...
Our precious cat, Miss Ellie, passed last week just 3 months shy of her 20th birthday…yes, I said “20th”!!! ...