by Amy Walton | Nov 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Smell is one of the most powerful memory evokers there is. Certain aromas and smells can transport us right back to places and people long ago. Gardenias take me back to my Uncle Louie’s house, reminding me of my family’s somewhat annual visits from...
by Amy Walton | Nov 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Love Conquers All… We, the citizens of the United States of America, are a divided nation, and in less than 3 years we will celebrate our 250th birthday. Is it going to take a mega party to bring us all back together? During a recent fire pit gathering, a friend...
by Amy Walton | Oct 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
Photo Credit: Cindi Oakley Johnson, Mayodan Moravian Church Today is my home church’s homecoming. I say “home church,” because it’s the church I attended my entire childhood and youth and of which I remain an associate member. It provided the...
by Amy Walton | Sep 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Yours truly on Lanikai Beach, Kailua, HI, 2019 Look at me in the above photo playing around on one of the world’s most famous beaches! That picture was taken on my first trip to Hawaii in early 2019. This coming December, I’ll be making my sixth trip to...
by Amy Walton | Aug 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
I loathe labels. Think of all the various labels we’ve placed on people over the years: ADD, ADHD, bipolar, schizophrenic, special needs, disabled… these are just a very minute smattering of tags doctors, educators, and others slap on people to move them...
by Amy Walton | Jul 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Earlier this week, I finished the 40-day prayer challenge in Mark Batterson’s “Draw the Circle.” This was my third go round with this wonderful book and challenge, and I was bound on this journey with 6 of my dearest friends, whose breakthroughs I...
by Amy Walton | Jul 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’m currently doing a three-part video series on what Jesus said is the second greatest commandment: To love one’s neighbor as oneself. My messages are about healthy self-love; not buying into the “loops” that often swirl in our heads,...
by Amy Walton | Jun 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
When I was a child growing up in he Moravian Church, I thought that the mission field was some foreign land where really brave and selfless Christians ventured to take Bibles and to share the good new of Jesus. The Moravian Church actually spawned the first...
by Amy Walton | Jun 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
I don’t do much yard work these days, but occasionally, I love getting out and digging in the dirt, pulling weeds, pruning bushes, and spreading mulch. It’s therapeutic! Sometimes, my ivy spreads too far, and, and I have to rip it from what I call the...
by Amy Walton | Jun 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
I am a registered yoga instructor. If practicing yoga and teaching yoga have taught me anything (and they have taught me much!), it’s how to harness the power of breath and to live breath by breath and moment by moment. This has helped this gal slow down a bit...
