Author: Ellen Meissgeier

As a child when going to church or any place where quiet was required I recall my mother instructing us that we better be as quiet as "church mice."  As…

I am not really a winter/snow person and I have pretty much decided that I am not a 2020 person either. When I went out to do some shoveling this…

Always pray to have eyes that see the best  in people, A heart that forgives  the worst, A mind that forgets  the bad,  and a soul that  never loses faith…

Nothing beats a hug… For people who live by themselves during this pandemic the cessation of meaningful human contact can create a sense of isolation, even despair.  When we cannot…

Trappist monk Thomas Merton, who spent more than twenty-five years of his life in a Kentucky monastery, writing and teaching.  Merton struggled to discover God’s will.  He captures his struggle…

As we end another week and prepare to begin a new one, I wanted to share this prayer by E. Lee Phillips with you: This week we may be givenchallenges…

I thought it was just me, this feeling of being disconnected. I have spoken and emailed with a number of people in the last several days and that sentiment seems…

Max Lucado writes a reflection in one of his books where he references Psalm 139, likely verse 23 "Search me out, O God, and know my heart; try me and…

Today our nation commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776), which declared the original colonies to be free from British rule.  Sadly, in truth, it was…

St. Paul wrote in the letter to the Romans: "For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but…