by Jeanie Shaw | Mar 6, 2019 | Life Lessons
Wisdom is an Apprentice and a Mentor Today I taught, shared, and reminisced with a wonderful group of young women in the New England School of Missions about various experiences, life lessons, and favorite scriptures on discipleship. We talked about the importance of...
by Jeanie Shaw | Feb 27, 2019 | Life Lessons
Wisdom and a Rock We had crazy wind yesterday. My rocking chairs frolicked around the porch from side to side. My door wreath landed at the neighbor’s fence, and everything hanging went flying. The birdhouse crashed. Our house, surrounded by open playing fields on...
by Jeanie Shaw | Feb 20, 2019 | Life Lessons
Wisdom Throws a Pebble Though we had to tromp through snow to get to the creek beside our house, I decided today would be a good day to introduce our youngest grandchild to the thrill of throwing pebbles off the bridge into the water. Through the years, all our...
by Jeanie Shaw | Feb 13, 2019 | Life Lessons
Wisdom Considers Every once in a while, a kind note or message arrives as a pleasant surprise—like when you hear from someone who you haven’t seen or spoken with in decades. I have been learning the value of kind words, and words that express appreciation. Kind words...
by Jeanie Shaw | Feb 6, 2019 | Life Lessons
Wisdom Loves “Hump Day.” One of my favorite current commercials features a large camel walking into an office building enthusiastically asking employees, “What day is it?!” He thrills, even to the unenthusiastic response by one of the workers who mumbles, “It’s Hump...
