by Dorothy | Jul 7, 2012 | Blog
Last month, I joined clergy, staff and volunteers dedicated to Christian Formation for a conference at Kanuga. The theme for the week was Faith Stories: A Life in the Spirit. The keynote speaker was Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso who addressed ways to use stories as...
by Dorothy | Jul 7, 2012 | Blog
My dear father-in-law died about two weeks ago. During the last week of his life, the lyrics of the song “Seeds,” from the Broadway musical A Year with Frog and Toad kept running through my head (see below). The Apostle Paul tells us, “What you sow...
by Dorothy | Apr 19, 2012 | Blog
Many people flock to the North Carolina mountains in October to view the fall foliage. While the autumn leaf colors viewed from the Blue Ridge Parkway are spectacular, I find the season a bit sad – a reminder that the dead of winter is rapidly approaching. Fall...
by Dorothy | Apr 11, 2012 | Blog
I recently attended a Kanuga conference entitled Encore! Spirituality for Life’s Second Act that discussed issues of faith as we age. Although the “second half” of life poses a variety of challenges, with the potential for disappointment,...
by Dorothy | Apr 10, 2012 | Blog
So, you and I did not win the $640 million jackpot. To be honest, I didn’t even buy a ticket. But, the intense passion surrounding this lottery, which created that behemoth jackpot, stirred a question for me. Why do people who know that they have virtually no...
