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Julie Tofilon
Our neighbor around the corner and up the street owns a very LOUD motorcycle. The kind everyone within a mile can hear approaching. If you live on the corner with the stop sign, like we do, you can also hear… Continue Reading →
“Self-Control” — A term that conjures up images of the use of sheer willpower to not eat that second (or third, or fourth, or…) piece of chocolate. Or to not blurt out what’s on our minds. Or to not hit… Continue Reading →
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” 2 Cor. 4:16 Musings on my birthday (last week): Remembering when I was 37 (NOT last year!)– I wore a new… Continue Reading →
Midnight Friday night. My husband and I had slipped into slumber, when, first came a clatter, then the dog-barking “chatter, then me asking “What’s the matter?!” Then came the knocking, our dog leaped over the blocking, we found it shocking—… Continue Reading →
Have you ever faced adversity? That’s a rhetorical question. As soon as we’re born and the doctor slaps our bottom to make sure we’re breathing, and we cry, we’ve faced adversity! While most of us would prefer to avoid it,… Continue Reading →
I just found out there’s actually a button you can click on Gmail to UNSEND a message we’ve just sent and wish we hadn’t! The catch is, we have to do it within 30 seconds, or off it goes, into… Continue Reading →
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not… Continue Reading →
“Passion Week” – Starting with Jesus coming into Jerusalem, being welcomed and cheered by a huge crowd, and treated like a king. Something like 1st-time Superbowl winners coming back to a parade. Or, better yet, veterans from World War II… Continue Reading →
Ever wish you could rewind time and do an edit on events/ your actions/your words? Cut out the ugly, damaging, stuff and splice together the good stuff? Even do a re-take and say/do the right thing instead of the wrong… Continue Reading →
Have you ever had anyone tell you, “Wow, there’s more to you than meets the eye!”? My husband and I have. Years ago, we had gone to speak at a church’s weekend conference. We had our two young sons with… Continue Reading →
Imagine going to a supermarket and finding the entire produce section full of rotting bananas. No more, no less. Perplexed and a bit put-off, you ask a worker “What are all these gross-looking bananas doing here, and why isn’t there… Continue Reading →
Guess what—if you’re reading this today, it’s not yesterday anymore! For real! We can act like it’s still yesterday. We can focus on yesterday and get so preoccupied with it that nothing else matters to us. We can talk about… Continue Reading →
Stradivarius violins are not meant to be treated or played like trumpets, no matter how nice a trumpet may sound! Or, as Oscar Wilde put it, “Be yourself– Everybody else is taken!” What does this mean? Even as a child,… Continue Reading →
The area we live in often gets very windy. Gusts come whipping around the bend up to 50 mph, carrying all kinds of debris, and dumping it where it has to stop. Such as the outside wall of our house,… Continue Reading →
We know how it happens. First we eat. Which dirties the dishes, tableware, and any pots or pans used to make the meal. Then we put them all in the sink. Since we’re in a hurry—to go somewhere, get something… Continue Reading →
