Tag: love

25 to Life: A Small Reflection

25 years to life. Sept 12, 1992 my John and I were married. We were kids. I was 18, he was 19 and we had no idea how the future would play out. After 25 years of wedded …

Embracing My Scarlet Letters

  The Scarlet Letter. You know how the story goes. A Woman makes a choice. (she commits adultery and ends up pregnant, while her husband is thought to be lost at sea.) The general public (busybodies) uncovers her …

Love Is: You

Love. What does this word mean to you? For some, it means butterflies and flushed faces. It means whirling feelings and emotional highs. But the purpose of love has nothing to do with emotion. It requires action, sacrifice, …

Five Simple Words : On Grief

When my dad passed away, I was prepared for some things. His death was a gift in the end because he suffered so. I knew the moment Jesus took his hand. It was exhilarating. As a Christian, there …

Love is a Verb: Spiritual Completeness

11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. This verse strikes me …

Love is a Verb: Love Conquers All

7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Some may ask how does love, a verb, do all these things? Because it is a verb, it can do all things. In the name of love, we …