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Roy’s Sunday Letter for February 1, 2026
Life Stages Of 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, and 80.s Reels and Google easily present “What you need to know” about you or someone close to you in individual life stages. I was still achieving in my 50’s and 60’s mind set and work style. I paid little attention to what would have been helpful for me…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for January 25, 2026
An Open Sharing with Sunday Letter Readers & Followers A fiction writer once wrote of ‘wonder’ and ‘wander.’ On this cold, wintery mix weekend, I offer a Sunday Letter of Reflection. Beth and I have enjoyed older homes with only one new build. Our vintage homes have been in Ft. Worth, Weatherford, Amarillo and Santa…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for January 18, 2026
Strengthening In Troubled Times & Troubled Persons One of the strengths of couples and partners is when one of the two is down (heart or stroke, hip surgery, Alzheimer’s etc.) the other partner is now driving, package carrying, preparing food and trying to be on track. However, what happens when the step-in and be strong…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for January 11, 2026
A Letter To Inspire For Today & Tomorrow Each Sunday Letter has a purpose: To encourage, To support, To Inform. This SL’s purpose is to Inspire. It’s too early in this new year to be challenged by despair and of being deeply troubled by the senseless death of a young mother of three children. All…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for January 4, 2026
Beginning and Continuing In 2026 Clear out, leave room in your 2026 heart, emotions and sense of the sacred for the daily practice of Gratitude, of being Grateful for living among those you can both give and also receive gifts and blessings. What Gratitude you have given or received in early 2026? Recording in a…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for December 28, 2025
I wrote recently about our oak tree losing its beautiful fall leaves. Our wise friend Sandra responded, “the falling leaves remind us that fall is a time of letting go.” What might be a behavior or one part of life you do not wish to continue, to let go of and leave behind as 2025…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for December 21, 2025
This is a week to travel and to be with family and friends. This is a time to listen to a new story or a favorite story told for the 5th time. I am grateful to be able to send forth my one page of thoughts in 2025. On Sunday the 28th we will lean…
Roy’s Sunday Letter For December 14, 2025
Inspiring People, Events, and Memories Ryon Price, Senior Pastor, Broadway Baptist, writes a one-page letter each Friday. This Friday’s letter is a memory of my childhood, being with my mother in downtown Fort Worth at Leonard’s Department Store. I do remember a man, without legs below the knees, outside Leonard’s. He would offer pieces of…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for December 7, 2025
Tamales, Heroes, and The Holiday Season Beth and I made homemade Tamales on Saturday…masa, chicken and vegetarian fillings. We began the tradition in Santa Fe with our dear neighbors Kim and Joe. Making tamales is a time to come together and to do something good. So, who wants to join us on our second batch…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for November 30, 2025
A Thanksgiving Of Monks, Horses, Weather and Hope in Difficult Times When Sunday Letter readers tell me the SL “makes me think,” I have good feelings of intent and purpose. Other comments highlight a pause to reflect on life thus far and the sense of the sacred found in meditation, prayer, and community worship. I…
Roy’s Sunday Letter For September 14, 2025
This Sunday, I invite you to take a deep dive into the Number 3. There are religious, cultural, and scientific research that indicates the significance of the Number 3 in many societies and countries. The Number 3 is mentioned 485 times in the Bible, 75 of these in the New Testament. What are 3 books…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for September 7, 2025
SEPTEMBER IS MORE THAN A TURN OF THE CALENDAR The earlier wintering months gave way to the greening and garden hope of spring. September lifts our spirits from the heat dome of a Southwestern summer. September reminds us there is coolness and rain showers with the turn of calendar pages. September is also a check…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for August 31, 2025
A LIFETIME OF MUSIC SHAPING and HELPING US GROW UP Music of my growing up years came to me through the social injustice, national protests, marches and all led by the televised forever images, sounds, and words of Pete Seeger, Odetta, Peter, Paul, & Mary, and Joan Baez. The home and car radio were always…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for August 24, 2025
CROSSES AND CRIFIXICS OF FAITH I received my first cross from a graduating seminary friend in 1969. Beth added her own crosses as we married and purchased our first home. Through travel, art fairs and conferences we have added diverse crosses of wood, metal, New Mexico mortar and wire. Crosses and crucifixes are worn as…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for August 17, 2025
ARE INSPIRING PERSONS AND CAUSES STILL IMPORTANT TO TOU, YOUR FAMILY, OUR COUNTRY? The ongoing daily news/events of local, national and the wider world can drain energy or a sense of wonder for a better tomorrow. For all of that to not be my only reality, I choose to filter and search for the balancing…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for August 10, 2025
WAYS YOU CAN AND WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH OTHERS, AND PERHAPS THE WIDER WORLD My world, your world, is a fast-moving, ever-changing collection of stories, decisions, and events. And yet, many of us want to find an edge or small ways we can and will improve living or working conditions of other persons, animals,…
Roy’s Sunday Letter fot August 3, 2025
One of Fifty Two It has been a long time since I have written something with a due date. I usually dreaded writing assignment as a student and would often wait till the last minute to complete the assignment. This opportunity has taken me on an adventure, and it all began with our dog, Jazz….
Roy’s Sunday Letter for July 27, 2025
BODY MIND & SOUL The personal and professional training I received placed an emphasis on strengthening the connection between the body – mind -soul. Each one of us has positive individual characteristics. It is when we have a lifestyle of all three, balanced and coordinated, we are at our most healthy and well selves. And…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for July 20, 2025
FINDING OUR BEST, MOST ENJOYABLE WAY Beth and I had a delightful day trip to Granbury with our dear friend Elizabeth (101 years young). We had not been to Granbury in 35+ years. We found the small shops around the courthouse square flourishing and representing the culture of Granbury in the best of ways. We…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for July 13, 2025
HEALING STORIES IN TROUBLED TIMES Recently PBS and local KERA filmed an Arts & Culture series by bringing together Santa Fe high school students, from area schools. Each were asked to write about themselves or a news topic. The students then shared their writing with another student. These Santa Fe students took the risk of…