Author Archives: Rebecca M. Blackwell

Thinking About the Good Stuff: The True

“To Thine Own Self Be True” – Shakespeare (Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3) It seems that only the human creature frets about its life, its future, its behavior, its image, etc.  Birds, fish, and even these beautiful deer that showed up along my brothers’ front drive today, seem to be content to be who andContinue reading “Thinking About the Good Stuff: The True”

Thinking About the Good Stuff: What is Honorable

The reflection word for yesterday was Honorable, and I saw honorable people all around me.  I have travelled to Sisters, Oregon to be with my brother and his wife.  While walking around Sisters, I saw so many families and people honoring their commitment to one another.  From my brother and his wife, who have sharedContinue reading “Thinking About the Good Stuff: What is Honorable”

Thinking About the Good Stuff: Be Careful What and Where You Preach

Yesterday, I served as guest preacher at Faith Presbyterian Church in the North Georgia Mountains (Blue Ridge).  I preached on Philippians 4:4-9, and especially about Paul’s exhortation to develop a life marked by rejoicing, gentleness and peace by thinking (pondering, meditating on and taking note of) things that are true, honorable, just, pure, pleasing, commendable,Continue reading “Thinking About the Good Stuff: Be Careful What and Where You Preach”

The Sound of Sheer Silence

Since I’ve retired, I’ve had the incredible gift of having much more agency over my days…  I’m not tied to somone else’s schedule, or driven by someone else’s agenda, need, expectation or desire.  It can feel quite luxurious.  It can also feel quite uncomfortable.  In this fallow time, I have become more sharply aware of something I onlyContinue reading “The Sound of Sheer Silence”