by Marilyn Nutter | Mar 29, 2020 | challenging days, encouragement, pandemic, peace, scriptures of hope
The past two weeks have seen a dramatic change in life as we knew it. I’ve been fortunate to communicate via technology with friends and family, and heard phrases, “cabin fever” “new normal”, and “children are restless.” One...
by Marilyn Nutter | Mar 23, 2020 | Covid-19, hope, new normal, pandemic, social distance
“I like your shirt.” That’s what I told a college student walking the beach last week. My friend Peggy and I stopped to chat with the young man, whose shirt read, “You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you”. He and another student were on spring break, then...
by Marilyn Nutter | Mar 16, 2020 | encouragement
It was seven years ago, but I remember as if it happened yesterday. I attended a large gathering with friends to hear a well-known speaker. Before he began to teach, he invited us to close our eyes so he could pray for us. I thought it would be a short prayer, but...
by Marilyn Nutter | Mar 2, 2020 | values
In the last two posts, we discussed the privilege we have of “one another”. Though following the Biblical commands for many of those “one anothers” may take work and time, one that takes very little of either, is greeting. Greeting one another. Several...
by Marilyn Nutter | Feb 17, 2020 | kindness
We’ve heard and seen it-the sarcastic remark disguised as humor, being ignored in a group conversation, or watching a driver swerve into the parking spot when you had your turn signal on. But we have easily spotted the opposite- kindness- a word, attitude, or action...
