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Roy’s Sunday Letter for February 22, 2026
A Reflection and Summary of Our Monks 110 Day Journey & Their Now Return Our local Monks, now with national and international followers, have returned to their home Temple grounds from their 110 day Walk for Peace. I humbly add my thoughts to the writers who know more and better described the people, events and…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for February 15, 2026
Practice For Lives Well Lived There have been two large events taking over my notepad and content of this week’s Sunday Letter. The first and most significant was the returning home of Ft. Worth’s own Buddhist Monks. On Saturday, Beth and I joined thousands of others in anticipating the final miles of their so very…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for February 8, 2026
Continuing To Encourage Believers to Believe Yes, these are confusing days with news breaks, headlines and decisions that do not encourage an active life of hope or support for many. And yet, this is the very time when the strengthening of relationships and community connections is so important. I offer these notes as our week…
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 March 9, 2025
The CEO of Starbucks said he wants Starbucks to be everyone’s “third place,” after home and work. Come with friends, visit, perhaps purchase food and drink, but come and be a part of our place. In a similar way, I would like the Sunday Letter to be an ongoing source of encouragement, support, always with…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for March 2, 2025
FINDING MY PURPOSE IN WRITING THE SUNDAY LETTER 2025 The past weeks have been chaotic, upsetting, and stressful for me, for many of us, perhaps for you too. I stared into a blank screen wondering what I could write about, what would I write about, as well as should I even write or not. After…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for February 23, 2025
NOTES FROM FULL POCKETS I may not be alone in making notes on daily life or maybe even a random thought. In this Sunday Letter I am emptying my pockets of crumbled papers and notes as each might become lost. One topic in our Tuesday Meditation group was Balance, in ways consistent with in and…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for February 16, 2025
A Writing On Pets I am writing a Sunday Letter about the benefit of having a pet, fully understanding not every one’s life is matched to care for a pet or may have a medical situation that prohibits a pet. This Sunday Letter will hopefully be welcomed and enjoyed by readers blessed by our pets,…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for February 9, 2025
A LENTEN SEASON WRITING I attend a writer’s table hosted by Broadway Baptist. We writers were invited to draft a short piece for the individual Sundays of Lent 2025. As a Southern Baptist youth, I am not familiar with, nor practiced the historic rituals of the Lenten Season. For this Sunday Letter readers who also…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for February 2, 2025
BEING A SENIOR IN 2025 AMERICA I recently completed a story of seniors having lunch at separate tables at Mary’s Grill. Tables were needed to serve waiting families, friends, and office workers. The seniors order lunch Specials and leave small, if any tips. Since Mary’s is a friendly place, for several seniors it is not…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for January 26, 2025
Friends and friendship join Joy, Kindness, and Peaceful Living on life’s wheel. As I talk with and meet people or on a social platform, I listen to the challenges of making new friends, going deeper with a current friendship, or losing friends through aging, health, or relocation. There is a touch of spirits unique to…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for January 19, 2025
I began, we began, seeing video of the Pacific Palisades hillside fire and the push of Santa Ana winds on January 7. Today, 12,000 homes have burned with thousands displaced and at-risk for dreams, hopes, and memories to be lost somewhere in the sudden need to flee. Some with a “Go Bag,” others only a…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for January 12, 2025
INSIGHT ON WRITING PRAYERS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY Prayers and Other Notes: There are two mentors I consider personal heroes. The first, my grandfather, who left his east Texas tractor each Friday afternoon then entering a small hut on the side of the barn. He would use two stiff fingers from repairing too many…
Roy’s Sunday Letter for January 5, 2025
Thoughts on Mentors and Mentoring Most of us, whatever age, gender, and background, have become who we are through family, education, and life experiences. In addition, many of us have received guidance and support from one or more mentors. And now, perhaps from our own experiences and elderhood, we can provide the “pay it forward”…