Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
Today, a friend’s Facebook post prompted me to take some time to review my summer before entering gungho into fall. I had spent yesterday doing just that, enjoying a day of limited activity and lots of alone leisure time. Today, my response to a class writing prompt from 2023 caught my eye. It coincided with… Read More
Do you ever think of something important just as you are drifting off to sleep, but don’t want to wake up enough to write it down. “I’ll remember this.”That’s all I can recall, thinking I needed to remember something. Where do pollinators stay when they are on vacation? At an air bee and bee. When… Read More
What are you filling your minds with? Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God… Read More
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. (Psalm 46:1-3) Refuge is not abstract, but deeply personal. God is my refuge and strength. I know this… Read More
You might want to keep your distance. I may or may not be experiencing a mood swing. Do you know the best way to keep brownies fresh?Eat them all at one sitting. Unfortunately, this one hits close to home:What part of your morning routine takes the longest?Deciding to get up…
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:4-6
Remember the Hokey Pokey? We’d stick in an arm, or a leg, or our head—IN and OUT, IN and OUT. Finally, we would put our whole self in, with a two-footed jump. Then we’d jump back out again. IN and OUT. We sometimes try this dance in relationship with God: IN and OUT, IN and… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 