Good morning... With the humid heat and our furry dog, I began a short walk to take care of her business. When I saw a gorgeous plume of colorful clouds blessing the morning sky, I turned around and went back to our home to get my phone. With leash in hand, I awkwardly took photos of the gentle [...]
Good morning... I love the Thursday Thought my friend Mazi Robinson shared this week. Mazi runs Cultivate Counseling, a wonderful resource for health and well being in our Atlanta community. Here are the encouraging words Mazi shared yesterday. ***** I am a quote person. I love quotes. When I hear a good one, I immediately write it down [...]
Good morning... My friend's text came in at 3:09 am. Now it's 4:04. Whatever I thought I might write about evaporates, leaving space to ponder these thoughts. "I'm not sure if u heard about the people who were bit by sharks near seaside and rosemary beach a few weeks ago," she wrote about a beloved section of the [...]
Good morning... Cleaning out his office before moving into his new role as Chaplain Emeritus at The Lovett School, Steve came across this photo from our cross-country camping trip to the Wisconsin Dells in 2010. He shared the picture in our family group text, and we all got a good laugh. (Of course our youngest son was too [...]
Good morning... "I'm not doing very well," my friend greeted me as I walked in the door. "I'm so overwhelmed." "Then, this is a perfect time for a visit," I responded with a Holy Spirit nudge. We talked and we ate and we unpacked all our worries. As we honestly shared our burdens, we each felt a little [...]
Good morning... "I thought of you when I received this today." On early Saturday morning, a faraway friend emailed me the colorful Bible verse above. She said, "Reminds me a little bit of your post today, Be Guided By Grace." In the VOICE translation, Ephesians 4:2 sounds like this. Be humble. Be gentle. Be patient. Tolerate one another [...]
Good morning... May speeds way too fast. Extra commitments. Final gatherings. Parties, performances, end-of-school-year stuff. As we slowed down to sit on her screened-in back porch, we unpacked a quote from Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. "To say how little, not how much, can I get [...]
Good morning... "Our normal response to unpleasant emotions is to do whatever we can to push them out of our awareness," says the David Benner quote we read aloud in class. "Something quite remarkable happens when, instead of following this well-worn path, we welcome them as a guest in the home of our self." Of course, this insight [...]
Good morning... "Do you know what you will write about each night when you wake?" she asked. "No, I really don't," I said. "I just trust the Spirit to illuminate something I need to ponder." The winds of inspiration pick up as I take our little dog out to relieve herself. Walking back inside, I see a white [...]
Good morning... "God, thank You for allowing me to sleep through the night." This prayer fills me as I wake. Extended sleep is a rare occurrence for me, a listening nocturnal writer. "7:34," says my phone as I take my first peek. What a restorative luxury, this sleeping through the night. Now my prayers lift a protective covering [...]
