As a parent, one of the things I most appreciate is gratefulness from my daughter. I love to give and provide for her. That is in the DNA of parenting. In fact, I want to give and provide more and more. I love to bless her and see her smile. But an ungrateful heart can…
‘Fractured Fairy Tales’
Recently we had a group of friends over for a Shabbat celebration and meal. Someone mentioned the old program from “Rocky and Bullwinkle”… “Fractured Fairy Tales.” Well, I hadn’t thought about those cartoons for decades! And the idea flooded my heart and mind with a deluge of warm memories… sitting around the tv after school with my sisters and…
Desert Dawn
The Arizona morning is quiet and cool. We are in the car with the windows rolled down, sipping pre-dawn Skinny Vanilla Lattes. To experience dawn in the desert is our goal this morning. We sit in silence viewing the shadows of desert mountain ridges, towering cacti, dry shrubs and bushes as we drive. Suddenly the sun…
Desert Purple
I used to be a very sad person. Prone to depression most of my teenage and young adult years, I actually tried to kill myself at age 24. This is something I am certainly not proud of, but I can boast in the redeeming power of God in my life that turned my “mourning into dancing,”…
Scottsdale!
The morning air today in Arizona is so cool that I have opened the glass doors onto the veranda. It feels invigorating as I sip my coffee. My first thought after I awoke: “Oh yeah, I’m on vacation!” And I rmembered that I have promised myself to walk “barefoot”–without the cares of life at home and work–for the…
Barefoot-Summer Days of Childhood
I enjoyed summer so much more as a child than as an adult, especially since I moved to Texas from Colorado in 1975. I have never gotten used to the heat here… still find it unbearable. Texas is what my dad calls disdainfully, “A swelter pit.” What keeps me here of course is my dear, sweet,…
Celebrating! Three Posts… Over 4,000 Hits
I just noticed three posts that I wrote a few months ago have a sum of over 4,000 hits. In case you missed them: Light as (is) Art – 2,036 hits since September 19, 2007 Emmanuel God With Us – over 1,033 hits since December 24, 2007 Albert Einstein and Jesus – over 1,004 hits since September 9,…
Scathing Moment of Truth…
Always in a hurry, I half-ran-and-half-walked as I entered a neighborhood department store. It was midday and I was melting in the Texas heat. But I saw something that stopped me dead in my tracks… my own reflection in the large glass windows. It was a scathing moment of truth… it ruined my day… and it…
Cursed Capernaum
Ancient synagogue in Capernaum, Israel I wrote this poem in Israel while on a tour. If you have ever taken a tour to Israel, you will discover that most of what you see is ancient stones… from the Romans, Turks, Crusaders, Byzantine monks, Israelites, Caananites… The stones and antiquated relics of people who have occupied the…
‘So Easy a Caveman Can Do It’
Off the charts with popularity, the Geico ad campaigns make everyone chuckle. My favorite is the caveman series, “So Easy a Caveman Can Do It.” Hebrew, one of the most ancient languages on the planet, is so easy a caveman can speak it. In fact, maybe they did.
Bonnie Saul Wilks 