Articles by Janet Hart Leonard

Summer pondering

Do you ever ponder? You know, think quietly, soberly, and deeply. Pondering is something my mother taught me to do. She did most of her pondering at the kitchen table…

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If I should die …

Things to be taken care of if I am no longer able to do them myself: Let me explain. A few months ago, I started thinking about getting my “affairs”…


Holding onto the past

For a few days this week, I held the past in my hands. Let me explain. We have an extra room that used to be my Home Interior office and…


Do you need a Moses basket?

Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will…


Another Janet travel travail

Episode #toomanytocount of Janet’s travel travails. Careful what you say … You could speak it into being. And so, on a Thursday evening, I found myself chatting at the airport…


Finding delight

Pensive is defined as “dreamily” by Merriam-Webster. Chuck said I looked pensive while writing this week’s column. Dreamily is probably a good way to describe how I felt as my…


26 years of therapy

What’s therapy got to do with it? Stay with me on this. I have a destination, but I have to take you birdwatching and show you a few squirrels before…


Stronger …

You know that saying about what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger? Being stronger isn’t just about physical strength but also mental, emotional, and spiritual strength. There was a time…


About those Scriptures …

You were right. You told me so. How many times have I been reading the Scriptures in my Bible, only to hear your voice in my head saying, “You need…