Watch With Colorful Awe

Good morning... I have always been puzzled by Proverbs 9:10a: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Things we fear we avoid, we cower beneath, we put up our guard against. To avoid, to cower, to guard against the Lord does not seem wise to me. For the first time this truth made sense when [...]

By |2026-08-14T07:05:43-04:00August 14th, 2026|Uncategorized|

Cathy Snapp Inspires Us

Good morning... Several people wrote to me after yesterday's blog post, a post highlighting the ever-widening Circle of Love sparked by the life of Christian mystic Betty Skinner. Many of you wondered, "Is there a required registration for Dr. Cathy Snapp's talk?" (See flyer above.) I wondered that myself, so I reached out to the organizers and learned [...]

By |2026-08-14T01:44:10-04:00August 14th, 2026|Abundance, Everyday life, God's Plan, Gratitude, Spiritual Growth|

Betty Is Beside Us

Good morning... While on retreat Monday and Tuesday, we spread out into delightfully inviting guest rooms. One friend brought me into her room, and said, "Sue, look what's on my bedside table." Wow. It was The Circle of Love, a small, hardback book of meditations written by my spiritual mentor Betty Skinner. How dear. We just happened to [...]

Get Away With Friends

Good morning... One of the women in our Thursday morning class recently had major surgery on her spine. She wrote us in early August: "Good Morning sweet Group! I cannot thank you enough for all the encouragement and prayer power that you have sent my way during this recovery period. I want to extend an invitation for a [...]

By |2026-08-12T08:48:38-04:00August 12th, 2026|Aging, Faith, Friendship, God's Love, Gratitude|

Buried Beneath The Stress

Good morning... As pressures pile up and anxiety spirals down, we can feel buried beneath the stress. This simple Instagram post helps us to see the light. "The best part is yet to come," whisper the seed and the egg, the cocoon and the storm. "The best part is yet to [...]

Waiting Grows Our Soul

Good morning... Up in the middle of this night, I revisit some of my favorite photos from my week of watching our grandson Charlie. Learning that Charlie slept best in my arms and wanting to offer undisturbed time to our daughter-in-law Chandler, I spent several hours a day sitting beneath Charlie's sleeping body. I noticed the passage of [...]

Becoming A Mother-In-Law

Good morning... With our son out of town at a work conference for the first time since becoming a daddy and our daughter-in-law doing the flowers for a large wedding in Athens, Georgia, I was needed as a grandmother to care for 11-week-old Charlie. Honestly, my first focus was our daughter-in-law Chandler. For her to feel my hands-on [...]

By |2026-08-08T14:16:44-04:00August 7th, 2026|Anxiety, Family and Friends, Fear, Imperfection, Trust God|

Becoming A Grandmother

Good morning... During the last week of my summer break, I spent time in Athens, GA with our eleven week old grandson Charlie. Our son was away with work for four days and our daughter-in-law had a big, important job as a wedding florist, so I came into town to care for Charlie. It all sounded like a [...]

By |2026-08-06T09:05:45-04:00August 6th, 2026|Aging, God's Plan, Imperfection, Joy, Spiritual Growth|

One Thing Never Changes

Good morning... When I shared this image in yesterday's blog post, a friend responded, "I love this reframing of hanging on by a thread!" "I'm reminded of William Stafford's poem The Way It Is," she continued. "What a reassurance to know there is a God and a power for us we can hold onto and never let go." [...]

By |2026-08-06T02:04:03-04:00August 5th, 2026|Aging, Awareness, Death And Resurrection, Everyday life, Trust God|

We Hang On By A Thread

Good morning... This week, two friends are heading into surgery. They will step through the anxious uncertainty to arrive on the other side ready to heal into wholeness. Right away, God's healing power will be actively at work. Hang on to that thread. This week, two of my dear friends will be going through divorce mediation. The dream [...]

By |2026-08-04T07:16:35-04:00August 4th, 2026|Everyday life, God's Plan, Healing, Letting Go, Trust God|
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