Earth Care and Restoration

I took me a while but I decided to purchase a new iPad for school, business, and ministry. Indeed, this was one of the best decisions I have made. For starters, I love the lightweight, thin model of the IPad. I can carry it in my purse without much issue or in my hand. Also, it gives me the ability to download so many different apps!!  Someone purchased an iPad for me a few years back and it was such a blessing.I gave that IPad to my sister and decided to purchase a new one for myself. Guess its the gift that keeps on giving.  Thus far I have been pleased with my purchase. I am looking forward to exploring new apps that are for fun. Currently the apps I have downloaded are practical things that keep me organized and those things I simply need for day to day.  I think I will make a goal to find at least 3 apps that can help me have fun. I’m thinking something with —Art/Photography/Journaling  Games: love games that make me think critically Wild Card: I need to explore...

I read a Blog post from Professor Dennen Today, It challenged me. It challenged me to consider the times I myself have been fearful to speak up for all the reasons she named. I have wondered myself, who am I going to make upset once I say this?  What’s going to happen? What am I going to do if this goes South?  Over  time, I have realized none of those are truly reasons to be silent. Years ago my dad told me “If you say the right thing at the wrong time, it is as if you have said the wrong thing”. That stuck with me because I witnessed him saying many things that myself and others needed to hear. Those things I needed to hear also made me very angry. Primarily because he used his words to illustrate and highlight truths that I was too prideful to acknowledge &  accept on my own.  I wonder, how my voice impacts others.  Truly, how will the words I speak or write resonate with my friends, family, classmates, colleagues and strang...