The  Young Professionals of Lenoir County are sponsoring a KickBall Tournament on April 25, 2026 at Fairfield Park. It promises to be a lot of fun as well as an opportunity for networking.

The observance of Holy Week from Palm Sunday to Good Friday to Easter Sunday is one of the largest of the year.  Maundy Monday is the Monday of Holy Week, the week leading up to Easter. It is the day following Palm Sunday. Maundy comes from the Latin word mandatum meaning commandment, reflecting Jesus having given a new commandment. 

A prayer partner Minister Linda Greene of New Bern asked me to write about an experience with a flower.  A neighbor rang my door bell one day and she and her daughter stood there with a flower to give to me as a a gift.  First the flower was a bulb with long roots hanging down already, ready to plant in soil.  But it was housed in a beautiful little glass vase to keep it in.   So I set it on a table in a room by the window.

I was reminded the other day that some people were not taught to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Some people did not attend Sunday School or have parents who drilled the Golden Rule into them.  They bully their way through life making up stories to fit what their goals are. They lie on people with no regard to what it does to the other person.  As long as they get what they want, they steam-roll over and through others to get it.

When I was young, my camp counselor at the Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Camp taught me how to relax into floating on my back in the swimming pool.  The body of water seemed so big to me then. I felt the need to control my little body in it. But the wise counselor taught me how to allow the water to support me.  And when I followed her advice, swimming became easy peasy.  She simply said to "Lean back and let go."