Tonight I am writing a salute to a lady I met recently though my work. Phyllis (not her real name) is in her eighties and confused at times. However, as is often the case, she is not confused about the Scriptures. I have seen this time and again. Whether people with dementia, or the mentally disabled, or the…
This week I’ve been awestruck while preparing to lead a discussion about God’s nature. There are many things about Him that are beyond description, but today I was truly taken with the fact that He is as a shelter for all who take refuge in Him. He loves us enough to be there for us without fail. Read Psalm 91…
“Do you really love God?” It was the drummer at a Christian concert who had come to the mic to ask the question. I was probably seventeen and a junior in high school as I sat in the Archbold High School Gymnasium for the concert. I remember thinking, “I believe in God and I am…
The poem at the bottom is one I originally posted in March 2012 in Fruitfulsteps. It was given to me by a little old lady I met through my work. I loved her attitude, and I’d love to share the poem with you! It seems almost every day in the clinic someone recites to me…
Reposted from Fruitfulsteps 1-29-14 The last thing I wanted to do today was to leave my warm house and my four daughters and go out into this bitter cold. I was dragging my feet extra heavily because I knew that in the middle of the day I had to evaluate a new client in an…
Reposted from Fruitfulsteps: My time working as a therapist in home health has given me new insight into people. Being with them in their home and their chosen surroundings tells me more about them than the clinic ever could. 11.12.13. What a beautiful, crisp, fall day! I got to hear the frosty leaves cracking off their…
Reposted from Fruitfulsteps 10.17.13. I went on a home health visit today. The home smelled just like my Grandma Goss’ used to. Not good or bad, just Grandma. There I met the cutest little 94 year old man who said, “Call me Christmas!” Then he offered me half a boiled egg white (he had eaten…
Nowhere to sleep-taken from my Facebook post 8-11-15 After 25 years in physical therapy, today I saw another first. I met a man in an assisted living facility who had moved into his one bedroom apartment without a bed. Instead, he filled his entire bedroom with books! I couldn’t help but think of 3 of…
I’d like to recommend a fantastic book I just finished reading by Dallas Willard. Willard was a Christian philosopher who wrote and spoke extensively on spiritual identity, formation, and discipleship. He passed away in 2013, but His books will continue to leave a permanent imprint on his readers and on Christian culture. The title of the book is The Great…
I’m tired of all the fighting, and I don’t want to hear from another extremist! Have you ever felt that way? Balance is key to a successful life: joy and pain, truth and fiction, sweet and salty 🙂 Jesus modeled a balanced life. We are told in the gospels that Jesus came from the Father, full of grace…