by Jeanie Shaw | Aug 13, 2025 | Latest Blogs, News and Updates, Spiritual Formation
August 13 is a special but sad day for me. It marks the day my late husband, Wyndham, was born. And it’s also a reminder that there are no more birthdays to celebrate…at least on this earth. Today, the 13th, would have been Wyndham’s 73rd birthday. He lived a life...
by Jeanie Shaw | Nov 24, 2020 | Devotional Thoughts
This past Saturday marked one year since my amazing husband died. I wondered how the day would feel. Would I celebrate his one-year heavenly birthday, mourn his loss, look at pictures, relive the horrible day, all of the above, or something else altogether? While we...
by Jeanie Shaw | Sep 11, 2019 | Life Lessons
Wisdom Looks Back to Look Forward When I write, I often know how I want the piece to begin and end. It’s just those pesky missing chapters or paragraphs in-between that become problematic. So, I look back to previous chapters in order to make progress on the next...
by Jeanie Shaw | Sep 11, 2015 | Devotional Thoughts
Reposting from a couple of years ago…because it’s important to remember. Since I was in New York for a conference during the week of the twelfth anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attack I was “hesitantly eager” to visit the September 11 Memorial. Upon...