JANE’S ELEVENTH REFLECTION – YOU’VE GOT TO BE CAREFULLY TAUGHT

Hello everyone. Here is the Eleventh Reflection from my church E-news. This was a very hard one to write. I felt, however, it was necessary in this climate. The picture is from a program I did with Sita several years ago for my sister’s church in St. Louis at a preschool here.......

WHY DO I GO TO CHURCH???

Here is my next reflection from my church. I hope this is helpful to all of you! My numbers for blood counts are trending downwards and I will see my oncologist next week. I will keep all of you posted. Stay cool and well! I also included a picture of Sita’s sweet......

WE ARE BECOMING BUTTERFLIES

Hello everyone! This pandemic seems to be going on forever! THis is my thirteenth Reflection for my Congregational United Church of Christ E-news and hope this offers a ray of hope. Stay safe and well everyone ass we are becoming new and spectacular butterflies! THIRTEENTH REFLECTION After the horrible aftermath of the......

LESSONS FROM SITA!!!

Hello Everyone! Here it is the Fourth of July and who would have dreamed a year ago how much things would change? I also cannot believe that I have been writing the Reflections for the church E-news for 14 weeks now! I am trying to be patient with all the changes and......

NO MAN IS AN ISLAND

Hello Everyone! Here is the Fifteenth reflection I have written for my church E-news. It hardly seems possible that when my pastor, Dennis Coy, asked me to do this through the pandemic that it would still be going on! I am cutting back on some of my articles becasue I need to......

JANE’S SIXTEENTH REFLECTION

Hello Everyone! Here is my sixteenth reflection. I skipped a week. I talked to the wonderful people in my church. When I began writing these articles we thought I would do it until the pandemic was over. That was seventeen weeks ago! So I am writing one every other week and alternating......

EXCERPT FROM DEVOTIONAL BOOK

Little did I dream when I started to write these reflections for my church that we would continue to be at home and watching services on Facebook five months later!! My minister, Dennis Coy, and church secretary Elizabeth Korach, suggested that we alternate every other week and include devotionals from my book......

FAITH OVER FEAR

I think all of us have fear about the uncertain times we live in that is affecting people all over the world with this pandemic. Here is a reflection was written for the Congregational United Church of Christ E-news. I am feeling gratitude right now. My sister drove all the way from......

WHERE TO GO FOR HELP

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I am writing a new devotion alternately with the devotionals on Sita in the book I wrote “Paw Prints on my soul: Lessons of a Service Dog.” These are appearing in the E-news for my church- Congregational United Church of Christ. Here is the......

BE GRATEFUL FOR THE LITTLE THINGS

I think this pandemic is getting harder and harder for all of us. I have tried to find some positives and hope you enjoy this. This is the nineteenth Reflectionf from the church e-news! The picture is from the patio at Twisted Olive and is one of my favorites! BE GRATEFUL FOR......

SITA WENT TO PRISON

How appropriate that Devotional Three out of the book “PawPrints on my Soul - Lessons of a Service Dog” came out in the E-news on Doggy Day. Here is the unique story of Sita and her training. ENJOY! "Each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve others." 1......

FAITH SEES BEST IN THE DARK

Here is my twentieth reflection for the church E-news. I think most of us are really grappling with the problems of COVID which seem never-ending. This quote of faith really hit home for me and I hope it helps all of you too! The picture is of my Alaskan cruise. I was......