by Norma Thatcher | Jan 8, 2023 | Prayers, Spiritual
My prayer life could use a tune-up. Or maybe even an overhaul. I’ve read books on prayer, listened to well-versed speakers talk about a healthy prayer life, and thought about the topic often and (hopefully) discerningly. As in many other life subjects, good examples...
by Norma Thatcher | Sep 19, 2021 | Family, Love, Prayers
I live in the countryside so it’s usually very quiet at night. Since it’s just my husband, me, and the dog who are here, there’s not even much household noise after 10 p.m. Grace the beagle is an excellent sleeper. About the only noise she makes in...
by Norma Thatcher | Jan 24, 2021 | Prayers, Spiritual
I wrote the below prayer around fifteen years ago. I’ve occasionally dusted it off, revised the final paragraph to suit a particular time or need (such as Lent), and shared it with some folks. It’s actually an embodied prayer in that it has specific body...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 25, 2019 | Inspirational, Prayers, Spiritual
During my final year of commuting to work, I passed by the same young teen waiting for his school bus. He was a lone soul at that bus stop. The thought that I should pray for him popped into my head one day. So I did, calling him Bus Stop Boy in my mind since I didn’t...
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 29, 2017 | Family, Inspirational, Love, Prayers, Spiritual, Thought provoking
If ever a marriage has been made in Heaven, it is Bob and Kathy’s. In 1968 Bob arrived in San Francisco the day he was due to ship out for a one-year tour of Vietnam. Coming from a small town across the country, he wanted to see the city’s sights in the few hours he...
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 15, 2017 | Inspirational, Love, Prayers, Spiritual, Thought provoking
To Christians around the world, Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday is the most sacred eight-day period of the year. It’s called Holy Week and during it we recall Jesus’ final week in Jerusalem. Late Thursday night after Jesus and his disciples had their last supper,...
