by Beth Lueders | Jan 8, 2022 | Blog Post, Everyday People, Perspective
You mess up. I mess up. We all mess up at some point. With a new year already revving into high gear, we may still be hanging onto our mess-ups from last year or even farther back. May I suggest we wipe the slate clean and move onward with a fresh start? Perhaps my...
by Beth Lueders | Dec 24, 2021 | Blog Post, Perspective
In our world that seems unhinged at times, it is steadying to know that Someone greater than us holds together the millenniums past, present and future. “…Jesus is the hinge on which the door of history swings, the point at which eternity intersects with time,...
by Beth Lueders | Dec 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
During the Christmas season, I find it helpful to reflect on the gifts of acceptance, humility and gratitude. These three gifts were presented to me not under the Christmas tree but through the character of prostitutes—streetwalkers, call girls and escorts. On a muggy...
by Beth Lueders | Dec 2, 2021 | Blog Post, Perspective, Waiting
Lately I’ve found myself waiting for the dawn. For you non-morning people, dawn is the time of day when the sun starts to toss and turn in bed, sending out weak sunlight on the Earth. Sunrise is when the sun yawns and stretches and its leading edge pokes above the...
by Beth Lueders | Nov 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Grateful or grouchy. We have a choice every day of the year—and not just at Thanksgiving—to be grateful or grouchy. The other day on a hospital pet therapy visit with my collie, Maisie, I met with a patient who was beyond grouchy. Granted, being in pain and confined...
by Beth Lueders | Nov 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Some people stand tall when they cannot even stand at all. I’ve been honored to know several of these inspiring individuals over the years. I’m thinking you know a few too. You know, the people who refuse to sink under immense pressures. There’s the stalwart farmer...
by Beth Lueders | Nov 11, 2021 | Blog Post, Perspective
Today is Veterans Day when we honor military veterans who have served in the Armed Forces for the United States and several other countries. Let’s all extend a huge THANK YOU to the veterans we know who have a sacrificed so much for each one of us who live in this...
by Beth Lueders | Nov 4, 2021 | Blog Post, Perspective
Some of us understand the phrase, “That’s a bunch of manure!” better than others. You see, those us of from rural America are truly olfactory aficionados when it comes to manure. With hardly a sniff of our snout, we can finely distinguish between most any animal’s doo...
by Beth Lueders | Oct 28, 2021 | Blog Post, Perspective
I’ve been there. You’ve been there. We’ve all found ourselves at times crammed in the Comparison Crunch. Man, I’ll never look like that! . . . If only I had his salary. . . . Look at her kids, they all seem so perfect. . . .Why can’t I be that organized? . . . Geesh,...
by Beth Lueders | Oct 21, 2021 | Blog Post, Perspective
Listen. Can you hear the raucous crowd roar? You are the star today. You are the champion. You are the victor. Yep. YOU. A few weeks ago, I heard a television sports commentator mention that a faltering football team could “applaud the small victories” of the game....
