Marks Musings
Posted on: October 15th, 2020
One of the hallmarks of this strange time we’re living in is the level of fear people express. Day to day the landscape is changing and shifting as we hear about an increase in the number of cases and become subject to more parameters and restrictions. Naturally any kind of change in our lives or […]
Posted on: October 8th, 2020
There are times when we might find ourselves in a conundrum around what to pray for. There are many circumstances in life that can leave us in that position of not being exactly sure what to pray for, especially when we may feel conflicted in what we’d like to ask God for and what would […]
Posted on: October 1st, 2020
There can be many reasons why we experience blurry vision … we forget to put on our glasses; the drops that dilate our pupils during an eye doctors appointment; we bend down to pick something up and stand too quickly; we jump out of bed because we didn’t hear the alarm and we’re running late. It […]
Posted on: September 24th, 2020
This past week the world lost a significant voice of someone who lived out an example of genuine concern for all people and especially those on the margins of our society who are so often overlooked. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was in my opinion a prophet who used the privileged position she was given to work […]
Posted on: September 17th, 2020
Sometimes I find it hard to believe that there are still people who deny or aren’t concerned about the environmental crisis we are living with. I think we all need to continually open our eyes to see and recognize what is happening to this gift creation God has blessed us with and given us stewardship […]
Posted on: September 11th, 2020
Over the past couple of weeks, as I drive around town, the trees have been turning color. In addition, many have already lost a significant number of leaves that have dropped to the ground. There is one especially right near our house that always is the first to show the signs of fall. And it […]
Posted on: September 4th, 2020
We go about making our plans with some sense of certainty that we actually know how things will go in the future. But the future doesn’t always happen as we anticipate and even hope it will. Sometimes we’re caught very much off guard because we are so sure we know what’s going to happen next. […]
Posted on: August 5th, 2020
It is very much part of our human condition that we are prone to complain about what is missing or lacking in our experience of life. This is especially true when we compare ourselves to others or our current experiences to either the past or what we anticipated for the future. There’s little doubt that […]
Posted on: August 1st, 2020
I read a devotional today that arrived in my email because the title caught my attention … “Holy Discontent”. I think that in these days of Covid 19, we live with a holy discontent when we experience all the ways our lives and world are impacted. It is natural and completely human for us to […]
Posted on: July 23rd, 2020
he song from Snow White rings true for me as I write my musings today. Having had a bit of time off, it’s off to work I go. And even though things are much the same as when I left a couple of weeks ago, there are changes too in what needs attention. As you […]