by Jane VanOsdol | Feb 18, 2026 | Spirit
How to Celebrate Lent with Your Family Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. As a child, I remember the solemn mass of Ash Wednesday and being anointed with ashes in the sign of the cross on my forehead. As an adult, I attend a Protestant church, but I’ve...
by Jane VanOsdol | Jan 29, 2026 | Spirit
Have you ever received a piece of news that left you reeling? Perhaps everyone else around you could see it coming, but for whatever reason, you were blindsided by the revelation. That happened to me a few years ago. It was a challenging situation to handle, and I...
by Jane VanOsdol | Jan 15, 2026 | Soul
This morning I woke up at 5 a.m., and immediately my mind started spinning about a difficult situation. My thoughts became darker and more tangled. About 30 minutes into this black vortex of negativity, I finally caught myself and remembered a favorite quote from...
by Jane VanOsdol | Nov 30, 2025 | Spirit
The time sandwiched between Thanksgiving and Christmas in modern times seems to have been taken over by the retail world. It starts with a bang on Black Friday (the big shopping event the day after Thanksgiving) and is then measured by how many shopping days are left...
by Jane VanOsdol | Nov 16, 2025 | Body
Fifteen years ago, my health was in a downward spiral. After years of worsening symptoms, I was finally correctly diagnosed and began my 2-year trek back to health (you can read that story here). A major part of my healing process involved changing my eating habits....
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