Be Swift to Love: A Benediction for Everyone Who Serves
[Updated 2026] Some words stay with you for years. For me, one of those is a benediction, or blessing, given at the closing Eucharist of the 2010 …
Valentine’s Day Reflections from Heartspoken.com
I’ve updated and expanded this post from my archives to celebrate this special day. I confess to having mixed feelings about this …
Accept A Gushing Waterfall Of Love!
[Updated October 2022: the link to Hannah Brencher’s article that inspired this post is no longer available.] [Updated February 2018] In …
Nature’s Magic Night Lights
JUNE 2016: I enjoyed a fascinating article by Melissa Breyer (at Treehugger.com) about why firefly populations are diminishing in some …
Faith Is Like Swaddling Cloths
Welcome to Connection Messenger* and today’s guest blogger, Lisa Mikitarian, who writes beautiful and compelling articles about living out her …
When Someone Is Hurting, Just Be There
We’ve all wanted to comfort someone who was hurting or mourning. My guest Annette Petrick shares some simple wisdom that will equip you well …
The Essence Of Love
This guest post by Annette Petrick, the creative genius and inspired storyteller behind the Consider This Radio Show (podcast and …
If You Admire Someone, Tell Them!
We had a gathering of close family members this weekend to celebrate my husband’s birthday, and just before serving supper, I asked for the partying …