Good morning... Light is sweet; how pleasant to see a new day dawning. When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them also remember there will be many dark days (Ecclesiastes 11:7-8a, NLT). In this season of Epiphany, when the light of Christ fans out to reach us in [...]
Good morning... "In a handful of relationships I have been insensitive," I explain to my friend. "I have dropped the ball. I have trampled over feelings. I sense my flaws so significantly right now. But the light of the sun still rises on me, and God's radiance breaks through anyway." "It's like the clouds on our last night [...]
Good morning... Her poem, delivered to my inbox in the middle of this ordinary night, says just what I am thinking. ****** Ambition by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer I am so far from the woman I want to be, so far from humility and simplicity. I dream of clearing not only the shelves, not only the closets, but also [...]
Good morning... At 2:47 am, I am drawn outside by the light of a full moon. Brilliant. Bursting. Beaconing, "Come see." I step out into the chilly cold of January 7th and spiral down into new epiphanies. How did I not know that January 6th is the celebration of Epiphany? Along [...]
Good morning... As she shares her instagram post from December 31st, 2022, important questions echo back to me. What are you loving? What are you learning? What are you leaving? I make three headings on the top of a blank page. LOVING? LEARNING? LEAVING? Then words trickle into place. LOVING? Family time. [...]
Good morning... Today is the first day of the first week of this fresh new year. What a perfect morning to ring in the new with a special gift from a friend in our Monday group. This fall, our friend learned about the struggles of Ukrainian Olena Gnes through watching her story told on the international news, and [...]
Good morning... "Any chance you could walk tomorrow afternoon?" a friend texted me on Monday. "We are in Kentucky with Steve's sister, so tomorrow is not possible," I explained. "Steve's sister lives alone. Her husband died of suicide in the back yard of their rental home 8 years ago. She still lives in the same place. As a [...]
Good morning... Trash piles high this time of year. Empty boxes. Used wrapping paper. Unneeded extras of all kinds. Into my own mess of excess, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer shares a short, thought-provoking poem. carrying out the trash this, too, a holy path Small. Simple. Stimulating. My mind plays with ideas sparked. To carry out the trash, one must have [...]
Good morning... A friend borrowed words from our Christmas Eve blog post to create the inviting image above. "Loved your message today," she texted. "I posted it along with my picture from church today. What blessings!" I have heard it said, "We don't go to church, we go to worship then we go out to be the church [...]
Good morning... On December 26th, I love being the first awake in a quiet home full of sleeping people. I brew a 12-cup pot of our family's favorite coffee, fill up my personal "COMFORT" mug, and nestle beneath the fuzzy blanket with our smallest furry dog. Surveying the situation, my eyes pick up the mounds of "mess" strewn [...]
