by Jeanie Shaw | Jun 5, 2020 | Devotional Thoughts
Were you there? A moving African American spiritual. A daunting question. The questions this song asks give me pause. Each verse asks if I was there when they crucified my Lord; when they nailed Him to the cross; when they pierced Him in the side; and when the sun...
by Jeanie Shaw | May 13, 2020 | Life Lessons
Transitions never stop. Chapters end and new ones begin. In each transition I find new opportunities to grow. I recently shared on Facebook about my graduation, the end of a chapter. I prefer to use the word “commencement.” A new beginning. I want to express a...
by Jeanie Shaw | Apr 15, 2020 | Devotional Thoughts
One day at a time. Each day. This is how I strive to live. I’m not always successful, but I have made a lot of progress. I began learning this routine a couple of years ago when I knew that any day might be Wyndham’s last. So, I strove to make each day the...
by Jeanie Shaw | Apr 1, 2020 | Devotional Thoughts
Workshop Offering: Navigating Home: Finding Your Place to Belong I have pondered my home of late. Sadly, it could be called “the house of a widow and an orphan,” because that’s who lives here. I don’t like either of those words, because they both denote...
by Jeanie Shaw | Mar 26, 2020 | Devotional Thoughts
It was the summer of 1973, 3:00 am according to the clock on my bookshelf headboard. I awoke to the smell of a cigarette, a man’s voice, and the feel of pressure on my back. The man spoke, “Don’t scream. I have a knife.” For the next hour, I was shaken to the core,...
