Musings Archives ⋆ A Delightful Glow https://adelightfulglow.com/category/musings/ Discovering Delight & Dwelling in Our Days Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:02:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/adelightfulglow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-1-of-1-4.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Musings Archives ⋆ A Delightful Glow https://adelightfulglow.com/category/musings/ 32 32 26348127 She Reads Truth Spiral Bound Notetaking Bible & Giveaway https://adelightfulglow.com/she-reads-truth-spiral-bound-notetaking-bible-giveaway/ https://adelightfulglow.com/she-reads-truth-spiral-bound-notetaking-bible-giveaway/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:52:00 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=50051 When an email crossed my desk offering an invitation to review the SRT Notetaking Bible and point people to a fantastic five-volume giveaway, I quickly read it and re-read it, and promptly filled out my information to join. In 2017, I held this review and giveaway for the SRT Bible and it’s still a favorite [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/she-reads-truth-spiral-bound-notetaking-bible-giveaway/feed/ 0 50051 On What Happens, Character, Gifts in the Wrong Size, Struggles, and Mockingbirds https://adelightfulglow.com/on-what-happens-character-gifts-in-the-wrong-size-struggles-and-mockingbirds/ https://adelightfulglow.com/on-what-happens-character-gifts-in-the-wrong-size-struggles-and-mockingbirds/#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:01:07 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=50035 “Gracious child, I was raveling a thread, wasn’t even thinking about your father, but now that I am I’ll say this: Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets. How’d you like some fresh pound cake to take home?’ {Miss Maudie}I liked it very much.”  ~ Harper Lee, To [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/on-what-happens-character-gifts-in-the-wrong-size-struggles-and-mockingbirds/feed/ 0 50035 Loneliness Longing Love https://adelightfulglow.com/loneliness-longing-love/ https://adelightfulglow.com/loneliness-longing-love/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:06:05 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=50030 If I’m honest, I’ve spent large chunks of my life feeling lonely.The odd part? I’ve never been without people who loved me. People I relied on. People who mattered to me and who made me feel that I mattered too.Nevertheless, also loneliness and longing. We watched Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, last Friday, and at [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/loneliness-longing-love/feed/ 0 50030 Wherein We Find My Favorite Books Read in 2025 https://adelightfulglow.com/wherein-we-find-my-favorite-books-read-in-2025/ https://adelightfulglow.com/wherein-we-find-my-favorite-books-read-in-2025/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2026 22:48:35 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49909 One of my delights in December is reading booklists compiled by readers of their favorite books from this year of reading. I’ve read Emily P. Freeman’s and Lore Wilbert’s and Anne Bogel’s and other lists from bookstore newsletters, Insta accounts, and Substack. It’s fun to see the same titles popping up on numerous lists. Particularly [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/wherein-we-find-my-favorite-books-read-in-2025/feed/ 1 49909 A Roll of the Dice or a Flip of the Spinner https://adelightfulglow.com/a-roll-of-the-dice-or-a-flip-of-the-spinner/ https://adelightfulglow.com/a-roll-of-the-dice-or-a-flip-of-the-spinner/#respond Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:18:32 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49884 Life feels an awfulot like a game of Monopoly And I am often waiting for someone to tell me it is my turn  And I will roll snake eyes and creepy-crawl Towards Go Hoping to pass it this time  Collect two hundred  But roll it three times consecutively  And I will go directly  TO JAIL [...]

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]]> https://adelightfulglow.com/a-roll-of-the-dice-or-a-flip-of-the-spinner/feed/ 0 49884 Thoughts on Humility https://adelightfulglow.com/thoughts-on-humility/ https://adelightfulglow.com/thoughts-on-humility/#respond Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:43:05 +0000 https://adelightfulglow.com/?p=49880 Humility is a habit.  I hear Malcolm Gladwell say this in a podcast interview. The statement sticks, and I keep musing on it. Turning it this way and that. Observing it. Considering it.I’ve long considered humility the virtue most difficult to attain.This simplifies it. Sums it up. Renders it achievable. Do I believe this to [...]

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