Good morning... This week we have discovered the beautiful art of murmuration. Allowing space in our togetherness, God empowers us as we flock together. I was reminded of this concept as I read the introductory page of a study being offered at our church this semester, Breathe: Making Room for Sabbath by Priscilla Shirer. Priscilla writes a dedication [...]
Good morning... What does the invisible love of God look like visibly, as the Holy Spirit morphs fluidly between our individuality and our cohesiveness? “Let there be spaces in your togetherness," says Khalil Gibran in his most famous literary work, The Prophet. "And let the winds of the heavens dance between you." "Fill each other's cup but drink [...]
Good morning... Re-editing our post from a few days ago, I stick in a strange new word that somehow feels right. Viscerally. I am drawn to add viscerally (touch "Previous. Previous." above to revisit this message). The sentence now reads: "My gut viscerally felt like the knotted debris still littering the roads after Hurricane Michael." I google this foreign-to-me [...]
Good morning... Many of you could relate to yesterday's post Sadness Is A Low-grade Fever. As I was editing the message to make it more meaningful, the sun came out after several grey days and a subscriber sent me this heart-warming video. "I hope this makes you smile, Sue," he wrote, understanding that sadness and joy are flip-sides [...]
Good morning... For our opening devotional, we read out loud a picture book entitled If Jesus Came To My House. It was such a delight, sparking sweet discussion, so with you I now share as we prepare to welcome Jesus into our homes. Envisioning yourself as an excited child, enjoy these words in silence or read them aloud [...]
Good morning... "Oh God, You are my God, and I will ever praise You," sings the song in my head as I wake at 4:27 am. "And I will seek You in the morning, and I will learn to walk in Your ways. And step by step You'll lead me, and I will follow You all of my [...]
Good morning... I woke with a weird vision filling my mind, a vision of one handwritten note bearing two sentences. "No one likes to be judged. Call LeeAnn." Strange. Out of the blue. Really, really odd. First I unpacked, "No one likes to be judged." Judgement is a two-sided issue God is inviting me to face. On one [...]
Good morning... Facilitating a book study in Florida, she sent me her favorite quote from the week: “The purpose of radically ordinary hospitality is to take the hand of a stranger and put it in the hand of the Savior, to bridge hostile worlds, and to add to the family of God.” (Rosaria Butterfield's The Gospel Comes With A [...]
Good morning... Our friend missed class on Friday. She was on the panhandle of Florida surveying the devastation. Friday night she sent me a picture of the calm, gorgeous water after the storm with an email describing her family's experience. With her permission, I share her words with you. ****** Our Friday Morning Friend's Experience of Hurricane Michael [...]
Good morning... Gone. Eerie. Devastating. These are just a few of the words traveling from Florida's panhandle through our TV screens. Shattering. Twisting. Splintering. Aerial images of Mexico Beach show the ravages of Hurricane Michael. Power out. War zone. Ground zero. At ground zero, our lives are reduced to rubble. From the raw wreckage, we stumble into the first [...]
