Work Your Faith Daily

Do you find yourself thinking about the holidays with opposite emotions: eager anticipation and fearful dread? Whether you are a widow or not, the idea of holidays or special days can produce both emotions. On Friday, November 14th, 2025 we will gather to fellowship, encourage, and share different ways of moving through the holiday season in ways that will not cause regret or embarrassment. Please join us at 11am, The Coffee Shop, Center Street, Senatobia, MS.

Ask Jesus to show you His plans.

Moving Gracefully Through Aloneness I remember a time when I worked with a young doctor from India. He mentioned one day that he was going to New York City to walk around “in the crowds”. He was going to get his “people fix”, to be bumped and jostled on the sidewalks by others unknown to him. I was surprised and asked if he was going with someone. “No, by myself,” he answer. Walking in the thick crowds reminded him of his home, the streets in New Delhi. He was alone in the

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