Be and Do

Be and Do is the great divide, a conundrum of Christian faiths’ diversity. What is your belief? To which do you cling: salvation by grace or deeds? Consider this profound phrase that I can provide: one can be loving, but one can not do loving. For the  trivia...
Comparison is the Thief of Joy

Comparison is the Thief of Joy

As we all know, nothing distinguishes your friends from the false like adversity. We’ve all had samples of that. Unwarranted and unwelcome reinforcements of your sad, mad, and/or bad can overwhelm glad for you. It’s as if the false are in cahoots with the...
Competent Ones

Competent Ones

We are the competent ones. We are the ones who carry on, who become stoic instead of hysterical, the ones who shoulder a weight like it is nothing, nothing at all. We are the ones who make it right for everyone, who don’t say no if you need help, but almost always say...
Irony

Irony

I have this teeshirt. I don’t wear it much. Not many of my peer peeps ‘get’ it. Any more than they ‘get’ Irony. Since I am of the Boomer age, many peers are wrinkly, which may causally relate…  Though one would think differently...
Life as a Miracle: Mini

Life as a Miracle: Mini

I’d never loved my Mini more, and I’d never loved it less. After I share what Zippety-Do-Dah did and can-do, you’ll rush to a dealer to purchase. Do without regret. Last Saturday, my husband abbreviated his gym work-out to arrive home in time to pack...
Living Life as a Miracle: Mother Speaks Up

Living Life as a Miracle: Mother Speaks Up

Ten years ago, days before my birthday, my mother suffered a massive stroke. An incident that brought me to church, a miraculous God-incidence that I have testified and written about. You can purchase the book on my website, pjcolando.com It was also a few days before...