New Reminders: Winning

Ohio State’s football team defended their status as the 2025 national champions when they defeated the number 1-ranked Texas Longhorns to start the new season on August 30, 2025.  To prepare his team for the year following their championship, coach Ryan Day had his team read, Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall in Love with the…

New Reminders: Thankful

Feeling and expressing thankfulness involves an emotional response to something positive that has happened or relief that something bad or difficult has passed. Other words for “thankful” include grateful, appreciative, and indebted. “Grateful” implies a strong, deep sense of appreciation, while “appreciative” emphasizes happiness about something good. “Indebted” suggests a feeling of owing someone for a favor,…

New Reminders: Negligence

According to Wikipedia, negligence is a failure to act responsibly or reasonably to prevent foreseeable harm to others or one’s self, which can be an act or a failure to act.  It often involves carelessness or a thoughtless failure to act when a reasonable person would have acted to protect others or himself or herself from…

Prayer Seed: Matthew 6:3

Prayer Seed: Dear Abba, I want to serve You and serve others so that Your will is done, and You can be glorified. If I start to feel like my service isn’t being appreciated, please guide me back to having a good attitude of giving selflessly and be grateful for the joy that comes from…

New Reminders: Loss and Grief

The word “grief” is usually used to describe losing someone you love due to death, divorce, or separation.  Similar feelings often surface after a major life change such as job loss or a disaster such as a damaging flood or fire. The ache inside can feel as if your soul is being crushed under the…

New Reminders: Bitterness

We speak of someone having “a bitter pill to swallow”.  This can refer to a physical pill that has a bitter taste, or it might describe something that has caused a person to feel hurt or resentful about something they perceive as an injustice or betrayal.  A bitter person might have feelings of disappointment, anger…