by Norma Thatcher | Feb 20, 2022 | Inspirational, Spiritual, Thought provoking
Although the audiobook City of the Sun is from 2008, I just came across it recently. The main character, Frank Behr, is a private detective who retired from his career as a police officer. He gets pulled into a case by the parents of a missing 12-year-old boy, Jamie...
by Norma Thatcher | Jan 29, 2022 | Interesting information, Spiritual
Psalm 23 is one of the most common funeral readings in America. And no wonder. Its soothing visions of green pastures and still waters, of a banquet table prepared for us, of our cups being so filled that they overflow, well, these are comforting thoughts and images...
by Norma Thatcher | Nov 29, 2021 | Inspirational, Spiritual
The old house had stood abandoned for far longer than when I first encountered it thirty-five years ago. The windows, boarded up tightly against the elements, caused the house to appear sightless. Then last week I saw as I drove by it that something appeared to be...
by Norma Thatcher | Nov 20, 2021 | Inspirational, Spiritual
When I awoke this morning, the word “chains” was on my brain. I tried to recall what dreams I might have had which would have produced that effect, but nothing came to me. But all day, my thoughts kept returning to why chains would be important. Don’t bother Googling...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 16, 2021 | Inspirational, Spiritual
One of the best-known lines from the movie Forrest Gump was this: “My momma always said, “Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” I’m suggesting that life is more like a hydrangea bush. Bear with me. My disclaimer,...
by Norma Thatcher | Jul 13, 2021 | Inspirational, Spiritual
Death is no stranger to any of us in ordinary times. With Covid still quite visible in our rearview mirror (in the US the 2020 death rate per 1000 people was the highest since 1943), our thoughts may stray to the tenuous hold we have on life. Two stories this month...
