Congregations still vital
Despite the ongoing decline in Churches of Christ, Scientist, the rise in people who claim to study Christian Science, but not adhere to a religious organization, should be seen positively, especially by religious people. To accept this as good news, however, requires listening to what these spir

posted 9:33:50am Mar. 08, 2014 | read full post »

Zen Kitty's evening muse
John 20:19 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus Appears to the Disciples 19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”  

posted 8:10:34am Mar. 04, 2014 | read full post »

Enjoying piano
Mom insisted I take piano lessons when I was a kid. I'm glad now, although it was a struggle for me to practice back then. As an adult, it relaxes me to sit down and play. I teach myself harder pieces, but will pull out easier books that I can sight-read, such as The Joy of Piano, arranged music Den

posted 9:55:23am Mar. 01, 2014 | read full post »

Facebook vacuum is okay
Hi, my name is Cheryl Petersen, and I used to be a Facebook user. I’ve been free of the social media site, Facebook, for almost a year now, during which 99.9% of the time, I’ve never looked back. I was a Facebook user for about 5 years, first signed up by Trafford Publishing, publisher of my

posted 8:36:15am Feb. 26, 2014 | read full post »

Niagara Falls pours
Bryan and I visited Niagara Falls yesterday. While it was snowing. There were a few other tourists just as determined to see the Falls as us. We tread over slippery ice and bucked a cold wind, but soon were in awe as we watched a fountain of water pour over the American Falls, from an observatory. I

posted 9:14:31am Feb. 23, 2014 | read full post »