WILLIAMSBURG — Lauran Strait will be the guest speaker at the Chesapeake Bay Writers luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 14. Strait is a former writing instructor and…
BLOOMINGTON, IN (PRWEB) October 12, 2021 COVID-19 drove people into isolation, but A Terrible, Horrible, No Good Year: Hundreds of Stories on the Pandemic
Pastor Rick Sams: Resolve to make your tombstone messages worthwhile
Pastor Rick Sams
One of the unusual New York Times bestsellers is Six Word Memoirs, by Larry Smith.
He challenges readers to write their own epitaphs or memorials, and be insightful and inspiring, but also brief. His most famous entry: “Baby Shoes. For Sale. Never Worn.” Ernest Hemingway.
As we reflect on New Year’s resolutions we may have made, our hope was they would empower us to live the lives that were designed by our Creator. We can’t help but remember, with some regret, resolutions past and unfulfilled. Brevity may help us actually succeed on our goals for the coming year, if they were meaningful, measurable and measured. Start with the legacies you want to leave when you’re gone. Imagine what you’d like etched on your tombstone Then consider the steps required this year to reach that distant destination (you hope).