The Sunday Sermonette
THE SUNDAY SERMONETTE: Keep On Carving.
In life, while carving your way through its stone-hard architecture, there are times when you must struggle to see the fresh light of day. But, in the end, when you do, how delightful it is to peek back through the…
The Sunday Sermonette: New Year’s Graduation 2024.
Going from the Old Year to the New Year is like graduation. And like graduation, it can be a meaningful time to pause and reflect on the past year while looking ahead to a fresh new year and all its…
The Sunday Sermonette New Year’s Eve Dec. 31, 2023.
As you know, the Olympic Class Liners, especially the Olympic and her ill-fated sister, Titanic, have fascinated me since childhood. In the Olympic’s 1st Class Smoking Room, a painting, “The Approach of the New World,” hung above the fireplace.…
The Sunday Sermonette: Christmas Eve, December 24, 2023.
The mere mention of Christmas evokes memories of times, places, loved ones, and friends, perhaps now long gone. Remember twinkling Christmas tree lights reflecting off Shiny Brite ornaments? A gooey-delicious pecan pie? A loved one’s perfume? Crisp, cold air?…
Sunday Sermonette: Emotion and Reason.
Sometimes, our emotions are more powerful than our reason. Sometimes, our emotions bury reason behind words and actions that should have been thoroughly considered before making them a reality. So, today and in the future, take a breath and pause…
THE SUNDAY SERMONETTE – In the Darkness, there is Light.
When I graduated from High School in May 1970, Mom, Dad, and I loaded up our brand-new Plymouth Fury III and journeyed West. Dad took annual leave from Kessler, and because Mom and I were out of…
The Sunday Sermonette: Victory or Mediocrity?
Are you a person of immediate action but without an ultimate purpose? Are you within sight of victory, or have you settled for mediocrity? Ponder this and go forth. (Originally published December 11 2022.)
The Sunday Sermonette: The Magi, the Manger and You.
“Only one dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time… Three times, Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day…
THE SUNDAY SERMONETTE: Accentuate the Positive.
The old WWII song, Accentuate the Positive, comes to mind if you are attempting to make constructive changes in your life. First, banish the negative things or people that prevent you from being the person you want to be or…
The Sunday Sermonette – The First Frost.
Imagine my delight earlier this week when I peered from under my snuggly-warm, eiderdown quilt and saw Fall’s first frost sparkling atop my neighbor’s roof just as the sun christened the dawn in a lavender-tangerine wash. The frost was…
THE SUNDAY SERMONETTE: Sincerity and Truth.
Sincerity and truth, like a Vermeer painting, are rare in today’s culture. People smile bright Pepsodent smiles, but their smiles hide everything from lies to flattery and deception. Don’t be deceived. Look for sincerity and truth in those you love…
The Sunday Sermonette: Grandeur to Ruin and Back Again.
When I was a teenager in the 1960s, Mom, Dad, and I often paid weekly visits to the Harrison County Library on Hwy 90 in Gulfport. I enjoyed walking up its modernist spiral staircase, grabbing a book from the many…