Merry Christmas!

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 (KJV) Wishing you and yours a blessed Christmas and a joyous, healthy, and prosperous … Read more

Praying for Peace

I found the link to Chaplain Pat McLaughlin’s Web site in this week’s Adopt-a-Chaplain e-newsletter. As you know from previous posts, I’m a supporter of Adopt-a-Chaplain. Chaplain McLaughlin writes a weekly column: Life from the Front Row. His article for December 10, 2007 (you have to scroll down the page – individual articles aren’t linked) … Read more

2008 Blogging Goals? Plans, maybe …

Daily Blog Tips is running a group writing project: 2008 Blogging Goals. I debated about participating because, like Robert at Middle Zone Musings, I have neither the time nor the commitment to do what it takes to increase daily page views, subscribers, or other metrics on my blog. My blog isn’t monetized, and, although I … Read more

A Milestone: Post 300

Robert Hruzek shared that he doesn’t set blogging goals. I agreed with what he said and wrote this comment: I’m a writer who loves words, not a statistician who loves numbers. 🙂 Now, I’m going to be inconsistent and talk statistics.  Today is a milestone day, so I looked up my stats to see if … Read more

Bloggers Unite in Acts of Kindness

Today Bloggers Unite in Acts of Kindness at Blog Catalog. Bloggers are encouraged to perform acts of kindness and blog about them today. My act of kindness was to support someone who does much more than I do. I wrote about Linda Cano’s volunteer work for Soldiers’ Angels more than a year ago. Linda has … Read more

Christian Carnival

Christian Carnival CCII is posted at Lo-Fi Tribe. You’ll find thought-provoking posts on a variety of Christian topics. I failed to post last week’s carnival because I had a computer crash and was offline for a few days. Though I’m late posting the link, it’s not too late to read the posts hosted at The … Read more